waxer

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noun

A device used to apply wax.

OriginEnglish wax ← Middle English wax ← Old English weax →
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Meanings

waxer1

nounwaxer (plural waxers)

plural waxers

  1. A device used to apply wax.
  2. A person who applies wax.

waxer2

nounwaxer (plural waxers)

plural waxers

  1. Something that waxes (grows larger, as opposed to waning).

Origin

waxer · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*wahsą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*wahs
  3. Old Englishweax
  4. Middle Englishwax
  5. Englishwax
  6. Englishwaxer

From wax (“substance”) + -er.

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waxer · noun

  1. Middle Englishwaxen
  2. Englishwax
  3. Englishwaxer

From wax (“to grow”) + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rewax
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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