单词 | miterer |
释义 | miterer in British English (ˈmaɪtərə) noun 1. Christianity a person who confers the liturgical headdress of a bishop or abbot 2. carpentry a person who fashions, or joins two pieces of material (esp wood) by means of, a mitre joint 3. carpentry a piece of equipment that fashions, or joins two pieces of material (esp wood) by means of, a mitre joint miterer in American English (ˈmaitərər) noun a machine or tool for making miters Word origin [miter + -er1]-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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