different between dragger vs drager

English

Etymology

drag +? -er

Noun

dragger (plural draggers)

1. Something that drags.
2. (nautical) A trawler.
3. One who takes part in drag racing.

   Synonym: dragster

   • 1962, The Saturday Evening Post (volume 235, page 10)

     On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]

   • 2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past (page 63)

     In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]

4. A vehicle used in drag racing.

   Synonym: dragster

   • 1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings (volume 8, page 4149)

     So young speed enthusiasts can get high performance equipment for their "street draggers."

5. (slang) A car thief.
   • 1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime? (page 92)

     Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]

   • 2020, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Dirty Dozen

     [A]t least, there were no dodgy whispers about him and that was a big plus in the tight-knit community of blaggers, draggers and carpet baggers of this corner of north-West London.
     Sean was pretty pissed off that the car they had meant to use for that day's robbery was an old rust-bucket Volkswagen Golf.

Derived terms

• van-dragger

Translations

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d????w?]

Etymology 1

Equivalent to drage (“to draw”) +? -er, after Middle Low German drager, German Träger (cf. tragen (“to carry”)).

Noun

drager c (singular definite drageren, plural indefinite dragere)

1. porter

Inflection

References

• “drager” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

drager

1. present tense of drage

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

drager

1. indefinite plural of drage

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dragere. Equivalent to dragen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dra?.??r/
• Hyphenation: dra?ger
• Rhymes: -a???r

Noun

drager m (plural dragers, diminutive dragertje n, feminine draagster)

1. A carrier, one who carries or bears something.
2. A wearer, one who wears something, like an article of clothing.
3. (genetics) A carrier, one who carries a gene.

Derived terms

• bagagedrager
• lastdrager

Anagrams

• Gerard

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

drager m

1. indefinite plural of drage

Swedish

Verb

drager

1. present tense of draga.

Anagrams

• grader