tabler

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/ˈteɪbələ(ɹ)//ˈteɪblə(ɹ)/

noun

One who boards others for payment.

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Meanings

tabler1

nountabler (plural tablers)

plural tablers

  1. agentAgent noun of the verb to table; one who tables.

    ...it has developed up to this point she has functioned as the tabler of topics specifically aimed at the affairs of Muriel and William's nuclear family.

    1991, Richard J. Watts, Power in Family Discourse, page 166
  2. obsoleteOne who boards others for payment.

    The scene, the engine; but he now is come / To be the music-master; tabler too

    a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC

Tabler2

proper nounTabler (plural Tablers)

plural Tablers

  1. A surname.

Origin

From table + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

albertBartellabretBartlebalter
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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