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draughter

draughter is the alternative spelling of drafter.

Meaning of drafter

Noun

drafter (plural drafters)

  1. A person who prepares technical drawings and plans.
  2. A person who prepares drafts.
    • It is highly improbable that the drafter of the notice ever visualised the form that heavy vehicles of the future would take, but the comprehensive wording still covers modern types.1955 December, “Notes and News: An Old Midland Railway Bridge Notice”, in Railway Magazine, page 877
  3. (US) A person who writes a legislative bill.

Forms of draughter

pluraldraughters

Origin of draughter

From draught + -er.

Questions about draughter

What is draughter the alternative spelling of?
Draughter is the alternative spelling of drafter.

Words near draughter in the dictionary

  1. draught-houses
  2. draughtage
  3. draughtboard
  4. draughtboards
  5. draughted
  6. draughter
  7. draughters
  8. draughthouse
  9. draughthouses
  10. draughtier
  11. draughtiest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: draughter (page history and authors); drafter (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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