borderer
borderer noun: a person who lives near the border of a country or district, especially that between England and Scotland.
Noun
borderer (plural borderers)
- A person who lives near the border of a country or district, especially that between England and Scotland.
- The Borderers on the English side rieved, harried, and plundered each other with as much keenness and audacity as did the Scots on the other side.1904, The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume 9, page 208
- "[H]is taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going."1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90
- A soldier of a border regiment in the British Army (Border Regiment, South Wales Borderers, King's Own Scottish Borderers).
borderer meaning in Tamil
borderer in Tamil
- எல்லைப்புறவாழ்நர்
Synonyms of borderer
Forms of borderer
| plural | borderers |
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Origin of borderer
From border + -er.
Questions about borderer
- What does borderer mean?
- Borderer means a person who lives near the border of a country or district, especially that between England and Scotland.
- What is borderer in Tamil?
- Borderer in Tamil is எல்லைப்புறவாழ்நர். See Borderer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is borderer?
- Borderer is a noun.
- What is the plural of borderer?
- The plural of borderer is borderers.
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