flesher

F4L1E1S1H4E1R1

noun

A person who removes the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

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scraper
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Meanings

flesher1

nounflesher (plural fleshers)

plural fleshers

  1. A person who removes the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
  2. A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

    Synonyms: scraper

flesher2

nounflesher (plural fleshers)

plural fleshers

  1. ScotlandA butcher.

Flesher3

proper nounFlesher (plural Fleshers)

plural Fleshers

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

Similar
scraper
Also see
butcher

Origin

flesher · noun

From flesh (verb) + -er.

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flesher · noun

From flesh (noun) + -er.

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Flesher · proper noun

* As an English occupational surname, from the noun flesher. Sometimes confused with Fletcher. * As a German surname, Americanized from Fleischer.

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Translations

Finnish jiekiö
  • jiekiötool for removing of flesh or fat from skin
French écharnoir
  • écharnoirtool for removing of flesh or fat from skin
Russian скребок, язейка
  • скребок (skrebok)tool for removing of flesh or fat from skin
  • язейка (jazejka)tool for removing of flesh or fat from skin
Swedish skinnskrapa
  • skinnskrapatool for removing of flesh or fat from skin

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

herself
Cite this entry
APA

flesher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesher

MLA

“flesher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesher. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flesher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flesher.

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