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smatterers

smatterers is the plural of smatterer.

Meaning of smatterer

Noun

smatterer (plural smatterers)

  1. One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge.
    • It’s easy enough to be a beak when you’re young and athletic, and can offer the latest University smattering. The difficulty is to keep your place when you get old and stiff, and younger smatterers are pushing up behind you.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XX [Uniform ed., p. 201]

Questions about smatterers

What is smatterers the plural of?
Smatterers is the plural of smatterer.

Words near smatterers in the dictionary

  1. Smath
  2. smatter
  3. smatter-hauling
  4. smattered
  5. smatterer
  6. smatterers
  7. smatterest
  8. smattereth
  9. smattering
  10. smatteringly
  11. smatterings

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