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half-timer

half-timer noun: one who works only half the usual time.

Noun

half-timer (plural half-timers)

  1. One who works only half the usual time.
  2. (historical) A pupil in an elementary school allowed to be absent half the school-day at some employment.

half-timer meaning in Tamil

half-timer in Tamil

அரைநேரம் வேலை செய்பவர்

Forms of half-timer

pluralhalf-timers

Origin of half-timer

From half-time + -er.

Questions about half-timer

What does half-timer mean?
Half-timer means one who works only half the usual time.
What is half-timer in Tamil?
Half-timer in Tamil is அரைநேரம் வேலை செய்பவர். See Half-timer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is half-timer?
Half-timer is a noun.
What is the plural of half-timer?
The plural of half-timer is half-timers.

Words near half-timer in the dictionary

  1. half-timbered
  2. half-timbering
  3. half-timberings
  4. half-timbers
  5. half-time
  6. half-timer
  7. half-timers
  8. half-times
  9. half-tint
  10. half-tints
  11. half-title

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Adapted from Wiktionary: half-timer (page history and authors); half-timer (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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