Meanings
nounmounter (plural mounters)
plural mounters
- One who mounts.
- A tool or device used to mount.
- obsoleteslangA person hired to swear to something that is false.
[…] perjury reaches the most awful height. I have heard of mounters, who attend Westminster Hall and other courts, to swear to any thing that may be required of them, for a trifling fee.
1816, Means of improving the condition of the poor, Thomas Williams, page 31
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*móntis
- Proto-Italic*monts
- Latinmōns
- Vulgar Latin*montāre
- Old Frenchmonter
- Middle Englishmounten
- Englishmount
- Englishmounter
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Cite this entry
APA
mounter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mounter
MLA
“mounter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mounter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mounter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mounter.
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