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salter

salter noun: one who makes, sells, or applies salt.

Noun

salter (plural salters)

  1. One who makes, sells, or applies salt.
  2. A trout leaving salt water to ascend a stream.

Proper noun capitalized: Salter

Salter

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

salter meaning in Tamil

salter in Tamil

உப்பு விளைப்போர், உப்பு வாணிகள், உப்பள வேலையாள், மீன் உப்பிடுள்ர்

Forms of salter

pluralsalters

Plural of salter: salters

Origin of salter

From salt + -er.

* As an English surname, from the noun salter. Sometimes confused with Souter; also compare Saltman. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English sautreour (“player of psaltery”). Compare Rutter. * As a German surname, northern variant of Salzer. * As a French surname, Americanized from Salois.

Words formed from salter

Words that rhyme with salter

Questions about salter

What does salter mean?
Salter means one who makes, sells, or applies salt.
What is salter in Tamil?
Salter in Tamil is உப்பு விளைப்போர், உப்பு வாணிகள், உப்பள வேலையாள். See Salter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is salter?
Salter can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of salter?
The plural of salter is salters.

Words near salter in the dictionary

  1. saltees
  2. salten
  3. saltened
  4. saltening
  5. saltens
  6. salter
  7. Salter-Harris fracture
  8. Salter-Harris fractures
  9. Salterhebble
  10. salteries
  11. saltern

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Adapted from Wiktionary: salter (page history and authors); Salter (page history and authors); salter (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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