noun
Meaning 1
One who loiters, one who lingers or hangs around.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
loiterer
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lingerer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
History
Etymology
From loiter + -er.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: drelkous — a person who loiters
- Bulgarian: безделник (bezdelnik) — a person who loiters
- Bulgarian: кибик (kibik) — a person who loiters
- Finnish: norkoilija — a person who loiters
- Finnish: vetelehtijä — a person who loiters
- Macedonian: безделник (bezdelnik) — a person who loiters
- Macedonian: скитник (skitnik) — a person who loiters
- Māori: mōnaroa — a person who loiters
- Swahili: mzururaji — a person who loiters