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A person employed (as by a parking facility, hotel, or restaurant) to park cars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parking lot attendant, valet
Antonyms: none provided
A person who issues tickets for parking violations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: traffic warden, meter maid, parking enforcement officer, parking inspector, parking officer, civil enforcement office
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
parkeerwachter
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Finnish:
pysäköinninvalvoja
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Irish:
giolla páirceála
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Irish:
maor páirceála
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Italian:
parcheggiatore
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Italian:
posteggiatore
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Polish:
parkingowy
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Portuguese:
guardinha
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Swedish:
lapplisa
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Swedish:
parkeringsvakt
— person who issues tickets for parking violations
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Swedish:
trafikvakt
— person who issues tickets for parking violations