palterer

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noun

One who palters.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:palterer.”

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Meanings

nounpalterer (plural palterers)

plural palterers

  1. One who palters.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:palterer.

    1 more example

    There be of you it may be, that will account me a paltrer, for hanging out the ſigne of the redde Herring in my title page, and no ſuch feaſt towards for ought you can ſee.

    1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 7

Origin

From palter + -er.

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Translations

Polish zwodziciel, zwodzicielka
  • zwodzicielone who palters
  • zwodzicielkaone who palters
  • oszustone who palters
  • oszustkaone who palters
  • kłamcaone who palters

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

prealter
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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