Owler

//ˈaʊlɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The alder tree. Northern-English, dialectal
  2. 2
    A smuggler of sheep or wool. dated

Synonyms

All synonyms
alder treeblack aldercommon alderebonyoakshrub

Etymology

Etymology 1

Archaic variant of alder from Middle English aller.

Etymology 2

From owl + -er.

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