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opter

opter noun: one who opts, or makes a choice.

Noun

opter (plural opters)

  1. One who opts, or makes a choice.
    • Hannibal Lecter is one of many in the gallery of cinema villains and unrepentant opters for evil who remind us that the only place where they will be at home is Hell or the void.2012, Jeff Sellars, Light Shining in a Dark Place, page 50

Forms of opter

pluralopters

Origin of opter

From opt + -er.

Questions about opter

What does opter mean?
Opter means one who opts, or makes a choice.
What part of speech is opter?
Opter is a noun.
What is the plural of opter?
The plural of opter is opters.

Words near opter in the dictionary

  1. optatives
  2. opted
  3. opted in
  4. opted out
  5. OPTEMPO
  6. opter
  7. opters
  8. opthaldehyde
  9. opthalmic
  10. opthalmologist
  11. opthalmology

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