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mealer

/ˈmiːlə(ɹ)/

mealer noun: a lodger who regularly left his or her accommodation to dine elsewhere, rather than eating there.

Noun

mealer (plural mealers)

  1. (colloquial, historical) A lodger who regularly left his or her accommodation to dine elsewhere, rather than eating there.

Proper noun capitalized: Mealer

Mealer (plural Mealers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of mealer

Noun
pluralmealers
Proper noun
pluralMealers

Origin of mealer

From meal + -er.

Probably a variant of Mellor.

Questions about mealer

What does mealer mean?
Mealer means a lodger who regularly left his or her accommodation to dine elsewhere, rather than eating there.
What part of speech is mealer?
Mealer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mealer?
Mealer is pronounced /ˈmiːlə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of mealer?
The plural of mealer is mealers.

Words near mealer in the dictionary

  1. mealbeetles
  2. mealbug
  3. mealbugs
  4. meale
  5. mealed
  6. mealer
  7. mealers
  8. meales
  9. Mealey
  10. Mealeys
  11. mealful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mealer (page history and authors); Mealer (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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