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garreters

garreters is the plural of garreter.

Meaning of garreter

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

Questions about garreters

What is garreters the plural of?
Garreters is the plural of garreter.

Words near garreters in the dictionary

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

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