单词 | canaller |
释义 | canaller in British English (kəˈnælə) noun a person who works on a canal boat canaller in American English (kəˈnælər, -ˈnɔlər) noun 1. a freight boat built for use on canals 2. a worker on a canal boat, esp. one that formerly plied the Erie Canal Word origin [1860–65; canal + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, big brother, calibrate, metric system, prep-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner) |
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