Meanings
plural stealers
- in compoundsOne who steals; a thief.
a child-stealer
3 more examples
a chicken-stealer
"So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!"
1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11“You're a stealer and a robber and a swiper and a thief,” I shouted.
2013, Ruth I. Johnson, Joy Sparton and the Money Mix-Up - businessThe endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
- abbreviationclippingcomputer securityClipping of infostealer.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishstelere
- Englishstealer
From Middle English stelere, equivalent to steal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Steler (“thief”), West Frisian steller, stelder (“stealer”), Dutch steler (“stealer, thief”), Danish stjæler (“stealer”).
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Cite this entry
stealer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stealer
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