stealer
English
Etymology
From Middle English stelere, equivalent to steal + -er. Cognate with Danish stjæler (“stealer”).
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: stēlʹər, IPA(key): /ˈstilɚ/
- Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: steal‧er
Noun
stealer (plural stealers)
- (chiefly in combination) One who steals; a thief.
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:
- "So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!"
- a child-stealer; a chicken-stealer
- 2013, Ruth I. Johnson, Joy Sparton and the Money Mix-Up
- “You're a stealer and a robber and a swiper and a thief,” I shouted.
- (shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
References
- “stealer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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