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dishers

dishers is the plural of disher.

Meaning of disher

Noun

disher (plural dishers)

  1. (obsolete) A dish maker.
  2. (obsolete) One who dishes up food.
  3. (figuratively) One who dishes out or dispenses anything.
    • That anyone would willingly swap being the disher of easy criticism, second-guessing, amateur psychoanalysis, pious lectures and sundry other grief to become the dishee is probably cause for an intervention.2009 August 14, Jim Coyle, “Going from pulp to friction”, in Toronto Star
  4. A type of scoop with a lever that helps the user dig through hard substances such as ice cream.

Questions about dishers

What is dishers the plural of?
Dishers is the plural of disher.

Words near dishers in the dictionary

  1. disherited
  2. disheriting
  3. disheritor
  4. disheritors
  5. disherits
  6. dishers
  7. dishes
  8. dishes off
  9. dishes out
  10. dishes the dirt
  11. dishes up

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