scatterling
scatterling noun: one who has no fixed residence; a vagabond.
Noun
scatterling (plural scatterlings)
- One who has no fixed residence; a vagabond.
- Long time in peace his realm establishd, / Yet oft annoyd with sundry bordragings / Of neighbour Scots, and forrein scatterlings.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 63
- But ah! her fatal vengeance Struck to my heart. A banished scatterling I wandered on the earth.1839, Benjamin Disraeli, The Tragedy of Count Alarcos, published 1910, page 388
- Synonyms:
- bum, stiff, casual, clochard, derelict, dero, down-and-out, down-and-outer, drifter, epithite
scatterling meaning in Tamil
scatterling in Tamil
- நாடோடி
Synonyms of scatterling
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Forms of scatterling
| plural | scatterlings |
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Origin of scatterling
From scatter + -ling.
Questions about scatterling
- What does scatterling mean?
- Scatterling means one who has no fixed residence; a vagabond.
- What is scatterling in Tamil?
- Scatterling in Tamil is நாடோடி. See Scatterling meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is scatterling?
- Scatterling is a noun.
- What is the plural of scatterling?
- The plural of scatterling is scatterlings.
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