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distancers

distancers is the plural of distancer.

Meaning of distancer

Noun (1)

distancer (plural distancers)

  1. A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment.
    • Coordinate term: pursuer
  2. A means for establishing physical or emotional distance.
    • The band’s third album, “When the World Comes Down,” isn’t striking obscure poses, inventing slang or playing with the audience through distancers like tension and distortion.2008 December 14, Ben Ratliff, “Critic's Choice: New CDs”, in The New York Times

Noun (2)

distancer (plural distancers)

  1. (dated) A long-distance runner.
    • Phillips was one of a field of a dozen distancers who started in the twomile handicap run which featured the games of the Friend's of Irish Freedom at Ulmer Park, Brooklyn.1921 August 22, “Paulist Distancer Triumphs in Two-Mile Race”, in The New York Times, page 16
    Synonyms:
    long distancer

Phrases with distancers

Questions about distancers

What is distancers the plural of?
Distancers is the plural of distancer.

Words near distancers in the dictionary

  1. distance vision
  2. distanced
  3. distanceless
  4. distancelessness
  5. distancer
  6. distancers
  7. distances
  8. distanceth
  9. distancing
  10. distancing effect
  11. distancing effects

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distancers (page history and authors); distancer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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