tainter

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noun

Someone or something that taints.

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Meanings

tainter1

nountainter (plural tainters)

plural tainters

  1. Someone or something that taints.

    This species is eaten by stock but is a powerful tainter of meat and milk and this should be considered if sheep and cattle are being run for slaughter or cows are producing milk from infested areas.

    2011, JH Leigh, Plants of Western New South Wales, page 322

Tainter2

proper nounTainter (plural Tainters)

plural Tainters

  1. A surname

Origin

From taint + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nitratetartinetertianiterantintreatTarneitnatrite
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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