slater
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English
Etymology
From Middle English sclater, equivalent to slate + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsleɪtɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsleɪtə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
slater (plural slaters)
- One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
- (Scotland, Australia) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.
- A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
- 1901, The Critic, volume 39, page 562:
- Plain speaking, now and then, is very necessary. The author will call the critic a “blackguard slater," of course, but he need not be a blackguard. Ferocity of language only hurts his effect.
Derived terms
Translations
one who lays slate
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invertebrate — see woodlouse
See also
Anagrams
- Laster, ratels, alters, stelar, Tarsle, talers, streal, staler, estral, alerts, tarsel, resalt, Salter, tralse, strale, laster, Trelas, laters, artels, salter
Scots
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Pronunciation
Noun
slater (plural slaters)