Mounter

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who mounts.
  2. 2
    someone who ascends on foot wordnet
  3. 3
    A tool or device used to mount.
  4. 4
    a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc. wordnet
  5. 5
    A person hired to swear to something that is false. obsolete, slang

    "[…] perjury reaches the most awful height. I have heard of mounters, who attend Westminster Hall and other courts, to swear to any thing that may be required of them, for a trifling fee."

Synonyms

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climber

Example

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"[…] perjury reaches the most awful height. I have heard of mounters, who attend Westminster Hall and other courts, to swear to any thing that may be required of them, for a trifling fee."

Etymology

From mount + -er.

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