"treader" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: treaders [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English tredere, equivalent to tread + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch treder (“treader”), Middle Low German trēdære, trēder (“treader, bellows kicker”), Middle High German tretære, treter (“treader”) (whence German Treter (“old shoe, footballer”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tredere}} Middle English tredere, {{af|en|tread|-er|id2=agent noun}} tread + -er, {{cog|dum|treder|t=treader}} Middle Dutch treder (“treader”), {{cog|gml|trēdære}} Middle Low German trēdære, {{m|gml|trēder|t=treader, bellows kicker}} trēder (“treader, bellows kicker”), {{cog|gmh|tretære}} Middle High German tretære, {{m|gmh|treter|t=treader}} treter (“treader”), {{cog|de|Treter|t=old shoe, footballer}} German Treter (“old shoe, footballer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} treader (plural treaders)
  1. One who treads.
    Sense id: en-treader-en-noun-1XtsMRKS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 73 27
  2. (UK, Oxford, slang) A bicycle. Tags: Oxford, UK, slang
    Sense id: en-treader-en-noun-54Y53jCb Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: marsh treader

Inflected forms

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