swotter

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English

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Etymology

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From swot +‎ -er.

Noun

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swotter (plural swotters)

  1. Someone who swots
    • 1988, Paul Stuewe, The Storms Below: The Turbulent Life and Times of Hugh Garner, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, page 21:
      Their favourite pupils were the snotty little swotters who could repeat parrot-like most historical dates, the division of fractions and the genealogical musical chairs of the English monarchy.

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