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sharper
English
Etymology
sharp +? -er
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /????p?/
Adjective
sharper
- comparative form of sharp: more sharp
Noun
sharper (plural sharpers)
- (dated) a swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.
- 1766, Tobias Smollett, Travels through France and Italy, Letter XXIX, [1]
- Our young gentlemen who go to Rome will do well to be upon their guard against a set of sharpers, (some of them of our own country,) who deal in pictures and antiques, and very often impose upon the uninformed stranger, by selling him trash, as the productions of the most celebrated artists.
- 1878, John Payne, Introduction, in François Villon, Poems, translated by John Payne, New York: Boni & Liveright, c. 1918, p. 33 [2]
- […] in a twinkling the accomplished sharper changes the pitchers and pretending to examine the contents, asks the tapster what kind of wine he has given him […]
- 1882, W. S. Gilbert, "Emily, John, James, and I: A Derby Legend" in The "Bab" Ballads, Philadelphia: David McKay, publishing date not given, p. 275, [3]
- The Derby Day sun glittered gaily on cads, / On maidens with gamboge hair, / On sharpers and pickpockets, swindlers and pads— / (For I, with my harp, was there).
- 1766, Tobias Smollett, Travels through France and Italy, Letter XXIX, [1]
Synonyms
- chiseler, spiv
- See also Thesaurus:fraudster
Translations
Anagrams
- harpers, phraser
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faster
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fæst?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??st?/
- Rhymes: -æst?(?), -??st?(?)
- Hyphenation: fast?er
Etymology 1
fast (“quick; quickly”) +? -er.
Adjective
faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
Adverb
faster
- comparative form of fast: more fast
Etymology 2
fast (“refrain from eating”) +? -er.
Noun
faster (plural fasters)
- One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
Translations
Anagrams
- afters, farest, freats, strafe
Danish
Etymology
Equivalent to far (“father”) +? søster (“sister”), from Old Norse f?ðursystir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fast?r/, [?fasd??]
Noun
faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)
- paternal aunt (one's father's sister)
Inflection
Hypernyms
- tante
References
- “faster” in Den Danske Ordbog
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse f?ðursystir. Cognate with Swedish faster.
Noun
faster f
- paternal aunt
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
faster m or f
- indefinite plural of faste
Verb
faster
- present of faste
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse f?ðursystir f (“father's sister”), akin to Norwegian Nynorsk farsyster.
Alternative forms
- farsyster, farsøster (long forms)
Noun
faster f (definite singular fastra, indefinite plural fastrer, definite plural fastrene)
- a paternal aunt
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
faster f
- indefinite plural of faste
- (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of fasta
References
- “faster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.
Adjective
faster
- fast, firm
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: fast
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse f?ðursystir.
Pronunciation
Noun
faster c
- paternal aunt
Declension
See also
- moster
Anagrams
- festar, safter
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