slater

slater

See also: Slater

English

Etymology

From Middle English sclater, equivalent to slate +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪtə/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

slater (plural slaters)

1. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
2. Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sowbug.
3. A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
   • 1901, The Critic (volume 39, page 562)

     Plain speaking, now and then, is very necessary. The author will call the critic a “blackguard slater," of course, but he need not be a blackguard. Ferocity of language only hurts his effect.

Translations

one who lays slate

French: couvreur (fr) m German: Schieferdecker m

Luxembourgish: Leeëndecker m Spanish: pizarrero (es) m

insect

Maori: pāpapa

See also

• butcher boy
• woodlouse
• sai bug
• saisai gnat

Anagrams

• Salter, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, staler, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse