stumper

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See also: Stümper

English

Etymology

From stump +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

stumper (plural stumpers)

  1. One who stumps, or speaks, or orates, as a politician.
    He's not yet well known, but he's a good stumper.
  2. (informal) A difficult puzzle or problem.
    Global warming is a real stumper.
  3. (archaic, slang) A boastful person.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “stumper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Dutch

Etymology

Earlier stomper; from stomp +‎ -er, someone with a stump, who has lost an arm or a leg. Cognate with German Stümper.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: stum‧per

Noun

stumper m (plural stumpers, diminutive stumpertje n)

  1. pitiable person

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  • Negerhollands: stumpler

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stumper m

  1. indefinite plural of stump
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