patteroller
/patəˈrəʊlə/(also patter-roller, pateroller) US. Now historical
noun
Especially in the southern United States: a person who watches and restricts the movements of black slaves at night.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908). Originally a variant of patroller, with an epenthetic vowel, either showing a southern U.S. variant or intended as a representation of southern U.S. speech.
- receptually
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- recess
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- recession buster
- extraneous
- extraneously
- extraneousness
- extranet
- extra-nidal
- extranuclear
- extraocular muscle
- extraordinaire
- extraordinarily
- extraordinariness
- extraordinary
- extraordinary general meeting