tother

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/ˈtʌðə(ɹ)/

pronoun

Other. Most often used after the.

“the tone way or the tother”

Scrabble 9

Meanings

pronoun

alternative toder · alternative t'other

  1. dialectalOther. Most often used after the.

    ‘Me an th’ Lad ull help you[…] for all he’s not just like the tothers,’ here she nodded

    1882, Caroline Hallet, “Out of the World”, in The Monthly Packet, page 522
    1 more example

    Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the bundles of rags, the big uns in one hand, tother ones in tother, he toddled out of the room; […]

    1876, The Shamrock, volume 14
adjectivetother (not comparable)

alternative toder · alternative t'other

  1. dialectalnot comparableobsoleteThe other (of two).

    the tone way or the tother

    1 more example

    That fella go in. By’m-by t'other fella come out.

    1898, John F. Hobbs, “Australian Aboriginal Sports and Wood-craft”, in Outing, page 447
  2. dialectalnot comparableobsoleteOther, all others.

    […]an’ they left one ’n the sarvant gals as well for comp’ny like for the housekeeper, but the tother sarvant gals they took wid ’em.

    1916, Noah Lock, “The Robber and the Housekeeper”, in Journal of Gypsy Lore, page 202
nountother (plural tothers)

plural tothers · alternative toder · alternative t'other

  1. dialectalAn other; another one.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishþe toþer
  2. Englishtother

From Middle English þe toþer, from the incorrect division of thet other (“the/that other”). Compare Scots tither; English tone. More at that, other.

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APA

tother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tother

MLA

“tother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tother. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tother,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tother.

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