hafter
hafter noun: a maker of handles for knives and other tools. Also the pronunciation spelling of after.
Noun
hafter (plural hafters)
- A maker of handles for knives and other tools
- I found it difficult to obtain a situation to my mind, so I engaged to work with a table-knife cutler, to learn the art and mystery of his trade as a hafter.1850, Bernard Bird, The Perambulations of Barney the Irishman
Proper noun capitalized: Hafter
Hafter (plural Hafters)
- A surname.
Also used as
hafter is also the pronunciation spelling of after.
hafter is also the contraction of have to.
Forms of hafter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hafters |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hafters |
Origin of hafter
From Middle English hafter, equivalent to haft + -er.
Questions about hafter
- What does hafter mean?
- Hafter means a maker of handles for knives and other tools.
- What part of speech is hafter?
- Hafter can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of hafter?
- The plural of hafter is hafters.
Words near hafter in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hafter (page history and authors); Hafter (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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