Etymology

beater

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Today it means: Someone or something that beats. Full definition →

Middle English beter ← Old English bēatere
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beater · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited frombēatere“a beater; boxer, fighter; champion”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombeter
  3. English todaybeater

From Middle English beter, betere, bettere, from Old English bēatere (“a beater; boxer, fighter; champion”), equivalent to beat + -er. Related to beetle (“a type of mallet”).

beater · noun2

By shortening from wifebeater.

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