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plinther

plinther noun: any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.

Noun

plinther (plural plinthers)

  1. Any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.
    • At 9 a.m. on Monday, the first plinther, 35-year-old Rachel Wardell, a homemaker from Sleaford, England, was raised by a cherry picker onto the plinth (a safety net has been installed around it, lest people slip or, worse, try to jump off).2009 July 7, Sarah Lyall, “Briefly Ascending to the Spotlight, Britons Take Their Place Among Giants”, in New York Times

Forms of plinther

pluralplinthers

Origin of plinther

From plinth + -er.

Questions about plinther

What does plinther mean?
Plinther means any of numerous members of the public who took turns to occupy the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of an art installation by Antony Gormley in 2009.
What part of speech is plinther?
Plinther is a noun.
What is the plural of plinther?
The plural of plinther is plinthers.

Words near plinther in the dictionary

  1. PLINQ
  2. plinth
  3. plinthaquult
  4. plinthaquults
  5. plinthed
  6. plinther
  7. plinthers
  8. plinthic
  9. plinthiform
  10. plinthite
  11. plinthites

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