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froterer

froterer noun: one who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.

Noun

froterer (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, nonce-word, obsolete) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.
    • I curl his perriwig, paint his cheeks, perfume his breath; I am his froterer or rubber in a hot-house1601 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], What You Will, London: […] G[eorge] Eld, for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the page)

Questions about froterer

What does froterer mean?
Froterer means one who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.
What part of speech is froterer?
Froterer is a noun.

Words near froterer in the dictionary

  1. frosés
  2. frot
  3. frotdog
  4. frotdogs
  5. frote
  6. froterer
  7. froth
  8. froth at the gash
  9. froth at the mouth
  10. froth flotation
  11. froth pack

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