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summercater

summercater noun: a temporary resident of Maine who lives on the coast during the summer.

Noun

summercater (plural summercaters)

  1. A temporary resident of Maine who lives on the coast during the summer.
    • On the other end, the foraging summercater is attracted by the sign.1971, Sikeston Daily Standard, page 12
    • Few lobstermen admire to have a rider, a visitor, and while almost every summercater would love to "go to haul" to see what it's like, invitations to do so are seldom.1985, Gould, John, Stitch in Time, W.W. Norton, page 76

Forms of summercater

pluralsummercaters

Origin of summercater

Possibly a blend of summer + vacation, + -er.

Questions about summercater

What does summercater mean?
Summercater means a temporary resident of Maine who lives on the coast during the summer.
What part of speech is summercater?
Summercater is a noun.
What is the plural of summercater?
The plural of summercater is summercaters.

Words near summercater in the dictionary

  1. Summerall
  2. Summeralls
  3. summerbeam
  4. summercastle
  5. summercastles
  6. summercater
  7. summercaters
  8. summercock
  9. summercocks
  10. summered
  11. summered and wintered

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