different between waller vs wailer

English

Etymology 1

wall +? -er

Noun

waller (plural wallers)

1. One who builds walls.

Etymology 2

From wallow or wallower.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?(r)
• Rhymes: -?l?(?)

Noun

waller (plural wallers)

1. The place where animals make their bed.

Derived terms

• hog waller, hogwaller

Verb

waller (third-person singular simple present wallers, present participle wallering, simple past and past participle wallered)

1. Pronunciation spelling of wallow.

Etymology 3

Noun

waller (plural wallers)

1. The wels catfish.

References

• waller in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• waller, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, by Jonathon Green, 2nd edition, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.: 2005, ?ISBN.
• 'waller', Gratitude for Shoes: Growing Up Poor in the Smokies, by Cleo Hicks Williams, iUniverse, 2005 ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Lawler

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?we?l?/
• (US) enPR: w??l?r, IPA^(key): /?we?l?/

Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

• Homophone: whaler (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

wail +? -er

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

1. One who wails or laments.
2. A hired (professional) mourner.

Synonyms

• (hired mourner): moirologist (rare)

Translations

Etymology 2

wail +? -er; see wail (“choose, select”).

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

1. (mining, historical) A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.

Anagrams

• Lawrie