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mounter

mounter noun: one who mounts.

Noun

mounter (plural mounters)

  1. One who mounts.
  2. A tool or device used to mount.
  3. (obsolete, slang) A person hired to swear to something that is false.
    • […] perjury reaches the most awful height. I have heard of mounters, who attend Westminster Hall and other courts, to swear to any thing that may be required of them, for a trifling fee.1816, Means of improving the condition of the poor, Thomas Williams, page 31

Forms of mounter

pluralmounters

Origin of mounter

From mount + -er.

Words formed from mounter

Questions about mounter

What does mounter mean?
Mounter means one who mounts.
What part of speech is mounter?
Mounter is a noun.
What is the plural of mounter?
The plural of mounter is mounters.

Words near mounter in the dictionary

  1. mounted the high horse
  2. mounted up
  3. mountee
  4. mountenance
  5. mountenances
  6. mounter
  7. mounters
  8. mountest
  9. mounteth
  10. Mountfield
  11. Mountfleurie

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