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whitebaiter

whitebaiter noun: one who fishes for whitebait.

Noun

whitebaiter (plural whitebaiters)

  1. (New Zealand) One who fishes for whitebait.
    • On the Waiatoto River, it was common for the first whitebaiter to sight the fisheries officer to shout "Cup 'a tea", and this would pass on down the river from whitebaiter to whitebaiter until it reached the river mouth.1984, R. M. McDowall, The New Zealand Whitebait Book, page 138

Forms of whitebaiter

pluralwhitebaiters

Questions about whitebaiter

What does whitebaiter mean?
Whitebaiter means one who fishes for whitebait.
What part of speech is whitebaiter?
Whitebaiter is a noun.
What is the plural of whitebaiter?
The plural of whitebaiter is whitebaiters.

Words near whitebaiter in the dictionary

  1. whiteback
  2. whitebacks
  3. whitebagging
  4. whitebait
  5. whitebaited
  6. whitebaiter
  7. whitebaiters
  8. whitebaiting
  9. whitebaits
  10. Whiteball
  11. whitebark

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