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shelterer

shelterer noun: a person who takes shelter.

Noun

shelterer (plural shelterers)

  1. A person who takes shelter.
    • As the downpour began, I joined the other shelterers under the tree.
    • With the intensification of air raids on London last September, these tube platforms began to be used as an air raid shelter, and shelterers travelled by train (specially stopped there) from other stations in order to gain access.1941 July, “Notes and News: New Tube Station at Highgate”, in Railway Magazine, page 329
  2. A person who provides shelter.

Forms of shelterer

pluralshelterers

Origin of shelterer

From shelter + -er.

Questions about shelterer

What does shelterer mean?
Shelterer means a person who takes shelter.
What part of speech is shelterer?
Shelterer is a noun.
What is the plural of shelterer?
The plural of shelterer is shelterers.

Words near shelterer in the dictionary

  1. sheltered workshops
  2. sheltered-in-place
  3. shelteredness
  4. shelteree
  5. shelterees
  6. shelterer
  7. shelterers
  8. shelterin
  9. sheltering
  10. sheltering in place
  11. sheltering-in-place

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