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borderers

borderers is the plural of borderer.

Meaning of borderer

Noun

borderer (plural borderers)

  1. 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
  2. A soldier of a border regiment in the British Army (Border Regiment, South Wales Borderers, King's Own Scottish Borderers).

Questions about borderers

What is borderers the plural of?
Borderers is the plural of borderer.

Words near borderers in the dictionary

  1. bordereaus
  2. bordereaux
  3. bordered
  4. bordered on
  5. borderer
  6. borderers
  7. bordergore
  8. Borderies
  9. bordering
  10. bordering on
  11. borderings

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