"smeller" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smellers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ) Etymology: smell + -er Etymology templates: {{af|en|smell|-er}} smell + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} smeller (plural smellers)
  1. Someone or something that smells, that detects scent
    Sense id: en-smeller-en-noun-B7d8NRXO
  2. (informal) Someone or something that gives off a smell Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-smeller-en-noun-ynfu2kCq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 70 1 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 30 60 5 5
  3. (informal) the nose Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-smeller-en-noun-qISjS3VI
  4. (informal) an accident; cropper Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-smeller-en-noun-dCz2hgvt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: witch-smeller

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1898, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines",
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