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headwaiters

English

Noun

headwaiters

  1. plural of headwaiter

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headwaters

English

Alternative forms

  • head-waters
  • head waters

Etymology

head +? waters

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /?h?d?w?t?z/

Noun

headwaters pl (plural only)

  1. The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
    • 1823: James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers
      ... but when his brows began to wrinkle with time, and he stood alone, the last of his family, and his particular tribe, the few Delawares, who yet continued about the head-waters of their river, gave him the mournful appellation of Mohegan.

Translations

References

  • “headwater”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

  • waterheads

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