slater

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

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slater (plural slaters)

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  1. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
  2. (Scotland, Australia) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.
  3. 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.

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slater (plural slaters)

  1. woodlouse