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hefter

hefter noun: one who hefts something.

Noun

hefter (plural hefters)

  1. One who hefts something.
    • With prize money at stake, and the boat from the bar around the corner victorious last week, the strongest and best hefters of sandbags were paid to crew.2013, Frank Bethwaite, Higher Performance Sailing: Faster Handling Techniques, page 10

Forms of hefter

pluralhefters

Origin of hefter

From heft + -er.

Questions about hefter

What does hefter mean?
Hefter means one who hefts something.
What part of speech is hefter?
Hefter is a noun.
What is the plural of hefter?
The plural of hefter is hefters.

Words near hefter in the dictionary

  1. hefs
  2. hefsek
  3. heft
  4. heftable
  5. hefted
  6. hefter
  7. hefters
  8. heftier
  9. heftiest
  10. heftily
  11. heftiness

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