tallower

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noun

An animal which produces tallow.

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Meanings

nountallower (plural tallowers)

plural tallowers

  1. An animal which produces tallow.

    The South Down sheep are not great tallowers, compared with some other sorts; but what they loose^([sic]) in tallow, they make up in a disposition to fatten.

    1813, Arthur Young, General view of the agriculture of the county of Sussex, page 332
  2. A merchant who deals in tallow.
  3. Someone who tallows, who greases with tallow

Origin

From tallow + -er.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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