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masher

/ˈmæʃə(ɹ)/

masher noun: one who, or that which, mashes.

Noun (1)

masher (plural mashers)

  1. One who, or that which, mashes.
  2. A machine for making mash.

Noun (2)

masher (plural mashers)

  1. (dated, informal) A fashionable man.
    • For in this quality of “clubbable,” and the value now put upon it, lies the whole secret of change in our fast men, mashers, and men about town.1886, Punch, volume 91, page 249
  2. (Australia, Canada, US, dated) A man who makes often unwelcome advances to women, as in a subway.
    • "Oh, gee!" remarked the Girl from Sieber-Mason's, glancing up with the most capable coolness. "Ain't there any way to ever get rid of you mashers? I've tried everything from eating onions to using hatpins. Be on your way, Freddie."c. 1900, O. Henry, The Ferry of Unfulfilment
    • "Mama! Do you think that I'd allow a common masher-- Now, really Mama! I have my standards where men are concerned..."1957, Meredith Willson, The Music Man

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Forms of masher

pluralmashers

Origin of masher

From mash + -er.

Either by analogy with masher (“one who presses, softens”), or more likely from Romani masha (“a fascinator, an enticer”), mashdva (“fascination, enticement”). Originally used in theater, and recorded in US in 1870s. Either originally borrowed as masher, from masha, or from mash + -er.

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Words that rhyme with masher

Questions about masher

What does masher mean?
Masher means one who, or that which, mashes.
What part of speech is masher?
Masher is a noun.
How do you pronounce masher?
Masher is pronounced /ˈmæʃə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of masher?
The plural of masher is mashers.

Words near masher in the dictionary

  1. mashed-potatoey
  2. masheen
  3. masheens
  4. Mashek
  5. Masheks
  6. masher
  7. Masherbrum
  8. masherdom
  9. mashers
  10. mashes
  11. mashes up

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