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sickler

sickler noun: someone who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.

Noun

sickler (plural sicklers)

  1. Someone who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
  2. (informal) A person who has sickle-cell disease.
    • I met girls born with sickle cell anemia like my brother […] We called them sicklers. They called themselves sicklers.2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 44

Proper noun capitalized: Sickler

Sickler (plural Sicklers)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of sickler

Noun
pluralsicklers
Proper noun
pluralSicklers

Origin of sickler

From sickle + -er.

Borrowed from German Sickler, perhaps a variant of Siegler.

Words formed from sickler

Questions about sickler

What does sickler mean?
Sickler means someone who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
What part of speech is sickler?
Sickler can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sickler?
The plural of sickler is sicklers.

Words near sickler in the dictionary

  1. sicklemias
  2. sicklemic
  3. Sicklemore
  4. Sicklemores
  5. sicklepod
  6. sickler
  7. sicklerite
  8. sicklers
  9. Sicklerville
  10. sickles
  11. sickles and hammers

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