creener

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From creen (to complain) +‎ -er, from Cornish krena (to tremble).

Noun[edit]

creener (plural creeners) (Cornwall, obsolete)

  1. An ailing or sickly person.
  2. (by extension) An old person.