"plodder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plodders [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English plodder, equivalent to plod + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plodder}} Middle English plodder, {{suf|en|plod|er|id2=agent noun}} plod + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} plodder (plural plodders)
  1. One who plods. Categories (topical): People
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  2. A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result; a person who studies laboriously. Translations (a person who works slowly): мару́да (marúda) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), bâilleur (French), bâilleuse [feminine] (French), Arbeitstier [neuter] (German), waewae pakiaka (Maori), grzebuła [feminine, masculine] (Polish), guzdrała [feminine, masculine] (Polish), maruda [feminine, masculine] (Polish), maruder [masculine] (Polish), ślamazara [feminine, masculine] (Polish), ślamazarnik [masculine] (Polish), копу́ша (kopúša) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), копу́н (kopún) [masculine] (Russian), копу́нья (kopúnʹja) [feminine] (Russian), londjin [masculine] (Walloon), bezén [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-plodder-en-noun-A6zSfOfH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 37 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 27 37 36 Disambiguation of 'a person who works slowly': 12 86 2
  3. A machine for extruding soap, margarine, etc. through a die plate so it can be cut into billets. Related terms (machine that extrudes): extruder
    Sense id: en-plodder-en-noun-mmQRR7UG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 37 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 27 37 36 Disambiguation of 'machine that extrudes': 14 9 77

Inflected forms

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