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hovellers

hovellers is the plural of hoveller.

Meaning of hoveller

Noun

hoveller (plural hovellers)

  1. (UK, dialectal) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
    • How it was that the fishermen, and hovellers, and smugglers got an inkling of what we were about, I don't know.1839, George Payne Rainsford James, Charles Tyrrell: Or, The Bitter Blood
  2. A small boat used on the coast.

Questions about hovellers

What is hovellers the plural of?
Hovellers is the plural of hoveller.

Words near hovellers in the dictionary

  1. hoveler
  2. hovelers
  3. hoveling
  4. hovelled
  5. hoveller
  6. hovellers
  7. hovelling
  8. Hovells Creek
  9. hovels
  10. hoven
  11. hoven in sight

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