"mealer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /miːlə(ɹ)/ Forms: mealers [plural]
Etymology: meal + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|meal|er}} meal + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} mealer (plural mealers)
  1. (historical, colloquial) A lodger who regularly left his or her accommodation to dine elsewhere, rather than eating there. Tags: colloquial, historical
    Sense id: en-mealer-en-noun-HKXlcnSo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mealer meaning in English (1.1kB)

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