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Definition of Loiterer
1. Noun. Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place.
Generic synonyms: Dawdler, Drone, Laggard, Lagger, Poke, Trailer
Derivative terms: Linger, Loiter
Definition of Loiterer
1. n. One who loiters; an idler.
Definition of Loiterer
1. Noun. One who loiters, one who lingers or hangs around. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loiterer
1. one that loiters [n -S] - See also: loiters
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loiterer
Literary usage of Loiterer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"Carrier's "name," nickname properly, was "Waffler" [loiterer]: he stuttered
intensely, drank much whisky and had sunk in the world (pitied, laughed-at, ..."
2. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"Carrier's "name," nickname properly, was "Waffler" [loiterer]: he stuttered
intensely, drank much whisky and had sunk in the world (pitied, laughed-at, ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"An idler, a loiterer. Letter dated September, 1543. No other instance of this
word has been found. ..."
4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1865)
"... stretched over it, as if to invite the stranger-loiterer to partake at his
will of that much of the hospitalities of the home. ..."
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