sickler

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noun

Someone who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.

OriginGerman Sickler →
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Meanings

sickler1

nounsickler (plural sicklers)

plural sicklers

  1. Someone who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
  2. informalmedicineA person who has sickle-cell disease.

    I met girls born with sickle cell anemia like my brother […] We called them sicklers. They called themselves sicklers.

    2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 44

Sickler2

proper nounSickler (plural Sicklers)

plural Sicklers

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

sickler · noun

From sickle + -er.

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Sickler · proper noun

  1. GermanSickler
  2. EnglishSickler

Borrowed from German Sickler, perhaps a variant of Siegler.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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