"hafter" meaning in English

See hafter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} hafter
  1. (informal) Contraction of have to. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Alternative form of: have to
    Sense id: en-hafter-en-contraction-8RNtkfYN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: hafters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hafter, equivalent to haft + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hafter}} Middle English hafter, {{suf|en|haft|-er|id2=agent noun}} haft + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} hafter (plural hafters)
  1. (archaic) A maker of handles for knives and other tools Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-hafter-en-noun-~rO0QHTw Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} hafter, {{en-prep}} hafter
  1. Pronunciation spelling of after. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: after
    Sense id: en-hafter-en-prep-56yZZBN9 Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hafter meaning in English (2.7kB)

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "hafter"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English hafter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "haft",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "haft + -er",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English hafter, equivalent to haft + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hafters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hafter (plural hafters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1850, Bernard Bird, The Perambulations of Barney the Irishman",
          "text": "I found it difficult to obtain a situation to my mind, so I engaged to work with a table-knife cutler, to learn the art and mystery of his trade as a hafter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A maker of handles for knives and other tools"
      ],
      "id": "en-hafter-en-noun-~rO0QHTw",
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "knives",
          "knife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A maker of handles for knives and other tools"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hafter"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositions",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hafter",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hafter",
      "name": "en-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "after"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronunciation spellings",
          "parents": [
            "Pronunciation spellings",
            "Terms by orthographic property",
            "Terms by lexical property"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pronunciation spelling of after."
      ],
      "id": "en-hafter-en-prep-56yZZBN9",
      "links": [
        [
          "Pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "after",
          "after#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hafter"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "contraction",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hafter",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "have to"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of have to."
      ],
      "id": "en-hafter-en-contraction-8RNtkfYN",
      "links": [
        [
          "have to",
          "have to#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Contraction of have to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "contraction",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hafter"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English contractions",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "hafter"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English hafter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "haft",
        "3": "-er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "haft + -er",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English hafter, equivalent to haft + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hafters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hafter (plural hafters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1850, Bernard Bird, The Perambulations of Barney the Irishman",
          "text": "I found it difficult to obtain a situation to my mind, so I engaged to work with a table-knife cutler, to learn the art and mystery of his trade as a hafter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A maker of handles for knives and other tools"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "knives",
          "knife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A maker of handles for knives and other tools"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hafter"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English contractions",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English prepositions"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositions",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hafter",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hafter",
      "name": "en-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "after"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English pronunciation spellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pronunciation spelling of after."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "after",
          "after#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hafter"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English contractions",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English non-lemma forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "contraction",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hafter",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "have to"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English contractions",
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of have to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have to",
          "have to#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Contraction of have to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "contraction",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hafter"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.