"driller" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɪlɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-driller.wav [Southern-England] Forms: drillers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree English drill 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 driller From drill (verb) + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|drill<pos:verb>|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English drill 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 driller [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "driller", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="driller"> From drill (verb) + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} driller (plural drillers)
  1. One who drills.
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  2. A person in charge of a drilling rig.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: directional driller, oil driller
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɪlɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-driller.wav [Southern-England] Forms: drillers [plural]
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  1. A performer of drill music.
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Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɪlɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-driller.wav [Southern-England] Forms: drillers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} driller (plural drillers)
  1. (UK, slang) Term of address for a person, usually a man. Tags: UK, slang Related terms: drilla [alternative]
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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