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upsetter

upsetter noun: one who upsets (something); a disrupter.

Noun

upsetter (plural upsetters)

  1. One who upsets (something); a disrupter.
    • And so were all Christians in Pliny's time, insane like others, and called not long after, followers of madness, upsetters of men, vicious innovators […], Part 1
  2. A person or device that turns something upside down.
  3. A kind of forging machine that moves horizontally.

Forms of upsetter

pluralupsetters

Origin of upsetter

From upset + -er.

Words formed from upsetter

Questions about upsetter

What does upsetter mean?
Upsetter means one who upsets (something); a disrupter.
What part of speech is upsetter?
Upsetter is a noun.
What is the plural of upsetter?
The plural of upsetter is upsetters.

Words near upsetter in the dictionary

  1. upsettably
  2. upsettal
  3. upsettals
  4. upsetted
  5. upsettedness
  6. upsetter
  7. upsetterman
  8. upsettermen
  9. upsetters
  10. upsettest
  11. upsetteth

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