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relievers

relievers is the plural of reliever.

Meaning of reliever

Noun

reliever (plural relievers)

  1. Something which relieves (pain, etc.).
    • Pepto-Bismol is an upset-stomach reliever.
  2. A relief pitcher.
    • The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth.
  3. Someone who fills in for another.
    • I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break.
  4. (dated, slang) A garment kept for being lent out.
    • Now that fellow wants five or ten dollars on his suit. He goes to this pawn shop and asks for a reliever. That is a second-hand suit, pretty well used up.1929, Maine. Legislature, Legislative Record, page 1033

Questions about relievers

What is relievers the plural of?
Relievers is the plural of reliever.

Words near relievers in the dictionary

  1. relieved nature
  2. relievedly
  3. relievement
  4. relievements
  5. reliever
  6. relievers
  7. relieves
  8. relieves nature
  9. relievest
  10. relieveth
  11. relieving

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