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patzers

patzers is the plural of patzer.

Meaning of patzer

Noun

patzer (plural patzers)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Synonym of woodpusher: a poor chess player.
    • If you have learned the principle that it is inadvisable to move the same piece twice in the opening you would probably imagine that these guys are patzers.2004 September 5, Nigel Short, The Sunday Telegraph
    Synonyms:
    woodpusher

Questions about patzers

What is patzers the plural of?
Patzers is the plural of patzer.

Words near patzers in the dictionary

  1. Patyah
  2. Patz
  3. Patzcuaro
  4. patzer
  5. patzerish
  6. patzers
  7. Patzinak
  8. Patzinaks
  9. Patzold
  10. paté
  11. patée

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patzers (page history and authors); patzer (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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