ditcher

See also: Ditcher

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *dīkaz

Proto-West Germanic *dīk

Old English dīċ

Middle English dich

English ditch

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English ditcher

From ditch (verb) + -er.

Noun

ditcher (plural ditchers)

1. One who digs ditches.
2. One who ditches, or abandons.

   a ditcher of perfectly good ideas

Translations

one who digs ditches

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: kopáč příkopů
• Finnish: ojankaivaja (fi)

one who abandons

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: hylkääjä, hautaaja (fi)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *dīkaz

Proto-West Germanic *dīk

Old English dīċ

Middle English dich

English ditch

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English ditcher

From ditch (noun) + -er.

Noun

ditcher (plural ditchers)

1. In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.
   • 1920, George Thomas Burrows, Bowls: How to Excel at the Game, page 89:

     Should a ditcher in any circumstances return to the green it must be placed on the bank.

Related terms

• last-ditcher

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