"trotter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trotter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trotters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English trottere, equivalent to trot + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trottere}} Middle English trottere, {{af|en|trot|-er}} trot + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} trotter (plural trotters)
  1. One who trots.
    Sense id: en-trotter-en-noun-YvcNFie0 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on opposite sides take a step together alternating with the other set of opposite legs; as opposed to a pacer. Categories (topical): Body parts, Cuts of meat Categories (lifeform): Horse racing, Horses Translations (a horse trained for harness racing): ravuri (Finnish), hōiho toitoi (Maori), travhäst [common-gender] (Swedish), travare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-trotter-en-noun-sxSVnvOZ Disambiguation of Body parts: 14 48 5 2 30 Disambiguation of Cuts of meat: 20 36 14 2 27 Disambiguation of Horse racing: 9 58 12 1 20 Disambiguation of Horses: 14 44 19 2 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 44 6 2 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 20 42 7 2 29 Disambiguation of 'a horse trained for harness racing': 7 76 2 0 14
  3. The foot of a pig, sheep, or other quadruped, especially when prepared as meat. Translations (the foot of a pig): տոտիկ (totik) (Armenian), porkpiedo (Esperanto), csülök (Hungarian), chispe (Portuguese) Translations (the foot of a sheep): տոտիկ (totik) (Armenian), փաչա (pʿačʿa) [dialectal] (Armenian)
    Sense id: en-trotter-en-noun-OL2h9Swj Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'the foot of a pig': 0 0 85 15 0 Disambiguation of 'the foot of a sheep': 3 3 70 21 3
  4. (slang) A person's foot. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-trotter-en-noun-wItkAQ3u
  5. (UK, historical) A tailor's assistant who goes around to receive orders. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-trotter-en-noun-LpLm5qfP Disambiguation of Occupations: 21 29 4 10 37 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: globetrotter, pig's trotter, term-trotter, trotter case, trotter-man

Inflected forms

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