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attriter

attriter noun: one who, or that which, attrites.

Noun

attriter (plural attriters)

  1. One who, or that which, attrites.
  2. One who has lost certain abilities in a language by learning and using a different language.
    • Attriters often experience lexical access problems, i.e. a discrepancy between what they would like to say, their communicative intention, and what they still know how to say in their L1. (Q52147493 (Q52147493) (2004), First Language Attrition: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Methodological...

Forms of attriter

pluralattriters

Origin of attriter

From attrite + -er.

Questions about attriter

What does attriter mean?
Attriter means one who, or that which, attrites.
What part of speech is attriter?
Attriter is a noun.
What is the plural of attriter?
The plural of attriter is attriters.

Words near attriter in the dictionary

  1. attrite
  2. attrited
  3. attritee
  4. attritees
  5. attriteness
  6. attriter
  7. attriters
  8. attrites
  9. attriting
  10. attrition
  11. attrition bias

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