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garreter

garreter noun: a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows. Also the alternative form of garreteer.

Noun

garreter (plural garreters)

  1. (obsolete) A thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows.
    • [A]bout 40 were burglars, "dancers," "garreters," and other adepts with the skeleton keys.1889, Charles Tempest Clarkson, J. Hall Richardson, Police!, page 260
    Synonyms:
    dancer

Also used as

garreter is also the alternative form of garreteer.

Synonyms of garreter

Forms of garreter

pluralgarreters

Origin of garreter

From garret + -er.

Questions about garreter

What does garreter mean?
Garreter means a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows.
What part of speech is garreter?
Garreter is a noun.
What is the plural of garreter?
The plural of garreter is garreters.

Words near garreter in the dictionary

  1. garret-windows
  2. Garreta
  3. garreted
  4. garreteer
  5. garreteers
  6. garreter
  7. garreters
  8. garreting
  9. garretlike
  10. garretmaster
  11. garretmasters

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