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slackener

slackener noun: one who slackens.

Noun

slackener (plural slackeners)

  1. One who slackens.
    • His only reference to the envoy who had denounced him is in respect of his conduct when Minister-General of the Franciscans as slackener of the Rule.1902, Anne Macdonell, Sons of Francis, page 391
  2. Part of a loom that slackens the threads.

Forms of slackener

pluralslackeners

Origin of slackener

From slacken + -er.

Questions about slackener

What does slackener mean?
Slackener means one who slackens.
What part of speech is slackener?
Slackener is a noun.
What is the plural of slackener?
The plural of slackener is slackeners.

Words near slackener in the dictionary

  1. slacked up
  2. slacken
  3. slacken off
  4. slackened
  5. slackened off
  6. slackener
  7. slackeners
  8. slackenest
  9. slackeneth
  10. slackening
  11. slackening off

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