hurter

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/ˈhɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

noun

One who hurts or does harm.

OriginMiddle English hurtour ← Middle French hurtoir →
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Meanings

hurter1

nounhurter (plural hurters)

plural hurters

  1. One who hurts or does harm.

    I shall not be a hurter, if no helper.

    1612 January 5 (first performance, Gregorian calendar; published 1619), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “A King, and No King”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene i

hurter2

nounhurter (plural hurters)

plural hurters

  1. A beam on a gun-platform that prevents damage from the wheels of a gun-carriage.

    For this reason the board deferred judgment until these hurters and associated tripping beams were tested in practice

    2000, Emory L. Kemp, The Great Kanawha Navigation, page 60

Origin

hurter · noun

From hurt + -er.

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hurter · noun

  1. Middle Frenchhurtoir
  2. Middle Englishhurtour
  3. Englishhurter

Inherited from Middle English hurtour, from Middle French hurtoir (modern French heurtoir); equivalent to hurt + -or.

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Translations

Spanish heridor, feridor
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

hurter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurter

MLA

“hurter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hurter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurter.

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