noun
Meaning 1
One who, or that which, mashes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
masher
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/ˈmæʃə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -æʃə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A machine for making mash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: beverages, brewing, business, food, lifestyle, manufacturing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fashionable man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dandy, fop, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, Jemmy-Jessamy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, popinjay, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A man who makes often unwelcome advances to women, as in a subway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, US, dated
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noun
Meaning 5
a kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kitchen utensil
noun
Meaning 6
a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: womanizer, womaniser, philanderer
History
Etymology
From mash + -er.
Either by analogy with masher (“one who presses, softens”), or more likely from Romani masha (“a fascinator, an enticer”), mashdva (“fascination, enticement”). Originally used in theater, and recorded in US in 1870s. Either originally borrowed as masher, from masha, or from mash + -er.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: nyomó — Translations
- Polish: tłuczek — Translations
- Spanish: pasapuré — Translations
- Spanish: pasapurés — Translations
Real reading context