"flenser" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flensers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ) Etymology: From Danish flense or Dutch vlensen, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flintaz-, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”), from *(s)plei- (“to split”).. Etymology templates: {{der|en|da|flense}} Danish flense, {{der|en|nl|vlensen}} Dutch vlensen, {{der|en|gem-pro|*flintaz-}} Proto-Germanic *flintaz-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*splind-||to split, cleave}} Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flenser (plural flensers)
  1. One who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass) Translations (one who flenses): Flenser [masculine] (German)

Inflected forms

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