detter

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proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginGerman Detter →
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Meanings

detter1

noundetter (plural detters)

plural detters

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of debtor.

    She could doe very much by the number of her friendes, followers, and detters in the citie, by whoſe meanes ſhe ruled the moſt part of the affayres of the citie after her owne pleaſure.

    1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851

Detter2

proper nounDetter (plural Detters)

plural Detters

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

  1. GermanDetter
  2. EnglishDetter

Borrowed from German Detter.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Detertretted
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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