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frother

frother verb: to comfort.

Verb

frother (third-person singular simple present frothers, present participle frothering, simple past and past participle frothered)

  1. (dialectal) To comfort.
  2. (dialectal) To feed.

Noun

frother (plural frothers)

  1. (dialectal) A machine that generates froth
    • There is a battery-powered frother, and a small glass channel that adds turbulence and air bubbles as the wine flows through it from the bottle into the glass.2009 January 14, Harold Mcgee, “For a Tastier Wine, the Next Trick Involves ...”, in New York Times

Forms of frother

Verb
third-person singular presentfrothers
present participlefrothering
past participlefrothered
pastfrothered
Noun
pluralfrothers

Origin of frother

From Middle English frotheren, alteration of Middle English frovren, from Old English frōferian, frōfrian, frēfrian (“to console, comfort”), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to give solace or comfort”), of unclear origin. Cognate with Old Saxon frōvrian (“to console, comfort, help”), Old High German fluobren (“to console, comfort, help, assist”).

From froth + -er.

Questions about frother

What does frother mean?
Frother means to comfort.
What part of speech is frother?
Frother can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of frother?
The past tense of frother is frothered.

Words near frother in the dictionary

  1. froth-hopper
  2. frothed
  3. frothed at the gash
  4. frothed at the mouth
  5. frothed up
  6. frother
  7. frotheries
  8. frothers
  9. frothery
  10. frotheth
  11. frothier

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