"kneeler" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-kneeler.wav Forms: kneelers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English knelere, equivalent to kneel + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knelere}} Middle English knelere, {{af|en|kneel|-er|id2=agent noun}} kneel + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} kneeler (plural kneelers)
  1. A person who kneels. Categories (topical): People Translations (person): polvistuja (Finnish), térdelő (Hungarian), térdepelő (Hungarian), térdeplő (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-kneeler-en-noun-~eLzqQ3V Disambiguation of People: 68 0 31 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 1 36 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 61 2 27 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 3 22 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 2 30 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 2 22 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 3 19 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 3 18 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 77 2 15 6 Disambiguation of 'person': 100 0 0 0
  2. A hassock. Categories (topical): Furniture Translations (hassock): polvistumispenkki (Finnish), Kniebank [feminine] (German), térdeplő (Hungarian), imazsámoly (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-kneeler-en-noun-pN0ZS~Mk Disambiguation of Furniture: 5 67 18 11 Disambiguation of 'hassock': 1 98 1 0
  3. An apparatus that permits the loading door of a bus to decrease in height in order to facilitate boarding of passengers that are seniors and physically disadvantaged
    Sense id: en-kneeler-en-noun-CeK5hvsB
  4. On a gable-end, the stone (often decorated) at the base of the slope of the gable on either side.
    Sense id: en-kneeler-en-noun-mNLqUcar
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kneeling chair

Inflected forms

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