"fretter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fretters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fretere (“that which frets, devours, or corrodes”), equivalent to fret + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fretere|t=that which frets, devours, or corrodes}} Middle English fretere (“that which frets, devours, or corrodes”), {{af|en|fret|-er|id2=agent noun}} fret + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fretter (plural fretters)
  1. One who or that which frets. Derived forms: vine-fretter

Inflected forms

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