noun
Meaning 1
One who digs ditches.
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ditcher
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noun
Meaning 2
One who ditches, or abandons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a ditcher of perfectly good ideas
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noun
Meaning 3
In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.
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noun
Meaning 4
A European resident of Calcutta.
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Usage: derogatory, obsolete, slang
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History
Etymology
From ditch (verb) + -er.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dīkaz Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old English dīċ Middle English dich English ditch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English ditcher From ditch (noun) + -er.
From Ditch + -er.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: kopáč příkopů — one who digs ditches
- Finnish: ojankaivaja — one who digs ditches
- Finnish: hylkääjä — one who abandons
- Finnish: hautaaja — one who abandons