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daylighter

daylighter noun: one member of a group that carried out daytime violence against tenants suspected of opposing the Land League.

Noun

daylighter (plural daylighters)

  1. (Ireland, historical, obsolete) One member of a group that carried out daytime violence against tenants suspected of opposing the Land League.

Forms of daylighter

pluraldaylighters

Origin of daylighter

From daylight + -er.

Questions about daylighter

What does daylighter mean?
Daylighter means one member of a group that carried out daytime violence against tenants suspected of opposing the Land League.
What part of speech is daylighter?
Daylighter is a noun.
What is the plural of daylighter?
The plural of daylighter is daylighters.

Words near daylighter in the dictionary

  1. daylight-saving time
  2. daylight-saving times
  3. daylight-savings time
  4. daylight-savings times
  5. daylighted
  6. daylighter
  7. daylighters
  8. daylighting
  9. daylights
  10. daylike
  11. daylilies

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