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waisters

waisters is the plural of waister.

Meaning of waister

Noun

waister (plural waisters)

  1. (historical) A seaman stationed in the waist of a warship.
    • The largest division of a ship's company, and the most ignoble, was that of the waisters, the men stationed in the waist, the men " without art or judgment," who hauled aft the fore and main sheets, and kept the decks white.1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time, page 129

Questions about waisters

What is waisters the plural of?
Waisters is the plural of waister.

Words near waisters in the dictionary

  1. waistcoats
  2. waisted
  3. waisted drum
  4. waisted drums
  5. waister
  6. waisters
  7. waisting
  8. waistings
  9. waistless
  10. waistlessness
  11. waistline

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