plinther

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noun

Any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.

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Meanings

nounplinther (plural plinthers)

plural plinthers

  1. Any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.

    At 9 a.m. on Monday, the first plinther, 35-year-old Rachel Wardell, a homemaker from Sleaford, England, was raised by a cherry picker onto the plinth (a safety net has been installed around it, lest people slip or, worse, try to jump off).

    2009 July 7, Sarah Lyall, “Briefly Ascending to the Spotlight, Britons Take Their Place Among Giants”, in New York Times

Origin

From plinth + -er.

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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