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Definition of Pelter

1. Noun. A heavy rain.

2. Noun. A thrower of missiles. "The police were too busy to chase the pelters"

Definition of Pelter

1. n. One who pelts.

2. n. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.

Definition of Pelter

1. Noun. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pelter

1. to pelt [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: pelt

Medical Definition of Pelter

1. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. "Let such pelters prate." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelter

pelt along pelt down pelt of the dog pelta peltae peltas peltast peltasts peltate peltate leaf

peltated peltately peltation peltations pelted pelter (current term) peltered peltering pelters peltidia

peltidium peltiform peltinerved pelting peltingly peltings peltless peltries peltry pelts

Literary usage of Pelter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1888 His friends compromised the matter, and kept him from May it animate the corpse of an ancient pelter. going to the pen.—Missouri Republican, Feb. ..."

2. Publications of the Surtees Society by Surtees Society (1897)
"THE FREEMEN OF YORK, 1855-6 Johannes de Beverley, pelter Willelmus de ... batour pelter Willelmus de Selby, tumour Johannes de Brune, mercer, frat. ..."

3. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"295 CORNWALLIS TO THE LIEUTENANTS OF THE RIFLEMAN, pelter, BITER, THRASHER, PHOSPHORUS By the Hon. ..."

4. Dispatches and Letters Relating to the Blockade of Brest, 1803-1805 by John Leyland (1902)
"295 CORNWALLIS TO THE LIEUTENANTS OF THE RIFLEMAN, pelter, BITER, THRASHER, PHOSPHORUS By the Hon. William Cornwallis, Admiral of the White, &c. ..."

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