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Slater

//ˈsleɪtɚ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Moffat County and Routt County, Colorado.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Story County, Iowa.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Ballard County, Kentucky.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Cass County, Minnesota.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Saline County, Missouri.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Platte County, Wyoming.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
  2. 2
    any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats wordnet
  3. 3
    Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse. Australia, New-Zealand, Scotland
  4. 4
    A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English Slatere, Slatare, Sclatere, from Middle English sclater (“slater”).

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