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fretter

fretter noun: one who or that which frets.

Noun

fretter (plural fretters)

  1. One who or that which frets.

fretter meaning in Tamil

fretter in Tamil

வெறுப்பு

Forms of fretter

pluralfretters

Origin of fretter

From Middle English fretere (“that which frets, devours, or corrodes”), equivalent to fret + -er.

Words formed from fretter

Questions about fretter

What does fretter mean?
Fretter means one who or that which frets.
What is fretter in Tamil?
Fretter in Tamil is வெறுப்பு. See Fretter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fretter?
Fretter is a noun.
What is the plural of fretter?
The plural of fretter is fretters.

Words near fretter in the dictionary

  1. fretted
  2. fretted dulcimer
  3. fretted dulcimers
  4. fretted the gizzard
  5. fretten
  6. fretter
  7. fretters
  8. frettest
  9. fretteth
  10. frettiness
  11. fretting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fretter (page history and authors); fretter (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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