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English

Etymology

unite +? -er

Noun

uniter (plural uniters)

1. Agent noun of unite; one who unites.
   • 1892, Walt Whitman, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," Leaves of Grass (abridged reprint of the 1892 edition), New York: The Modern Library, 1921, p. 213, [1]

     I, chanter of pains and joys, uniter of here and hereafter, / Taking all hints to use them, but swiftly leaping beyond them, / A reminiscence sing.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XI, p. 184, [2]

     The couple were congratulated by the witnesses and their uniter, the three of whom drank their health.

   • 1947, Christopher Hollis, Hansard, 4 December, 1947, [3]

     It has been the most important traditional rôle of this country that it should act as a great uniter of the nations in that cultural fashion. We are the motherland of what is incomparably the most important language of the world and we have, to our glory, one of the greatest literatures of the world.

Synonyms

• (one who unites): harmonizer, integrator, mediator, reconciler, unifier, consolidator

Anagrams

• in true, triune, tunier, untier

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Adjective

uniter m (feminine singular unitera, masculine plural uniters, feminine plural uniteres)

1. unitary

English

Alternative forms

• nitre (Standard UK spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English niter, nitere, nitre, nytre, from Old French nitre, from Latin nitrum (“native soda, natron”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (nítron). Ultimately from Egyptian n?rj (“natron”). Doublet of natron. Compare also natrium, nitrogen.

Noun

niter (countable and uncountable, plural niters)

1. (obsolete) Native sodium carbonate; natron.
2. (US, inorganic chemistry) A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• niter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Niter”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “niter”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• -retin, -retin-, Inter, Terni, Tiner, inert, inter, inter-, nitre, riten., terin, trine

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???t?r]

Noun

niter n

1. genitive plural of nitro