slater

See also: Slater

English

Etymology

From Middle English sclater, equivalent to slate +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪtɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪtə/
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

slater (plural slaters)

One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sowbug.
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.

Translations

one who lays slate

French: couvreur (fr) m
German: Schieferdecker m

Luxembourgish: Leeëndecker m
Spanish: pizarrero (es) m

insect

Maori: pāpapa

See also

Anagrams

Salter, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, staler, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse

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