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grafters

grafters is the plural of grafter.

Meaning of grafter

Noun (1)

grafter (plural grafters)

  1. One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by engrafting.
  2. An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
  3. The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
  4. (slang) Someone who works in market stalls.
  5. (UK, colloquial) a hard worker who puts in long hours

Noun (2)

grafter (plural grafters)

  1. A corrupt person, one who receives graft.
    • If the people are corrupt; if everybody is a grafter, as our pessimistic friends would have us believe, Roosevelt would be unpopular. His popularity is proof that the people, as a whole, are honest.1911, The Twentieth Century Magazine, volume 4, page 335

Questions about grafters

What is grafters the plural of?
Grafters is the plural of grafter.

Words near grafters in the dictionary

  1. graftectomies
  2. graftectomy
  3. grafted
  4. grafted the forked tree
  5. grafter
  6. grafters
  7. grafting
  8. grafting scissors
  9. grafting the forked tree
  10. grafting tool
  11. grafting tools

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