toter

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noun

One who totes or carries something.

UncommonScrabble 5

Meanings

nountoter (plural toters)

plural toters

  1. One who totes or carries something.

    His name was Vadian, and a cunning toter

    1633 (first performance), Ben Jonson, “A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy […]”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published 1692, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
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    Bible toters tend to carry the book around as a symbol of sanctity.

    2004, Steve Ward, Holy Enigma!, page 31

    The governor found no safety in provisions that ban the licensed gun toters from drinking alcohol — is it the honor system or will bartenders do a search?

    2009 June 26, “The Fast-Draw-but-Don’t-Drink Law”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone whose employment involves carrying something

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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