meriter
/ˈmɛrɪtə/Now rare
noun
A person who or thing which merits something. (Chiefly in 17th cent.).
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Hieron (d. 1617), Church of England clergyman and devotional writer. From merit + -er.
- housemother
- housemotherly
- house mouse
- house mover
- house moving
- house music
- house number
- House of Burgesses
- house of cards
- House of Commons
- house of correction
- house officer
- house of God
- house of ill fame
- house of ill repute
- House of Keys
- House of Lords
- house of reformation
- House of Representatives
- house organ
- houseowner
- house paddock
- house painter
- houseparent
- house parlourmaid