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girdler

girdler noun: a person who made girdles.

Noun

girdler (plural girdlers)

  1. (historical) A person who made girdles.
  2. Any of several insects that remove rings of bark for nest material.

Proper noun capitalized: Girdler

Girdler (countable and uncountable, plural Girdlers)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky, United States.

Forms of girdler

Noun
pluralgirdlers
Proper noun
pluralGirdlers

Origin of girdler

From Middle English girdeler; equivalent to girdle + -er.

Words formed from girdler

Questions about girdler

What does girdler mean?
Girdler means a person who made girdles.
What part of speech is girdler?
Girdler can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of girdler?
The plural of girdler is girdlers.

Words near girdler in the dictionary

  1. girdle traverses
  2. girdlecake
  3. girdlecakes
  4. girdled
  5. girdlelike
  6. girdler
  7. girdlers
  8. girdles
  9. girdlestead
  10. girdlesteads
  11. girdling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: girdler (page history and authors); Girdler (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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