tiler

[ tahy-ler ]

noun

1. a person who lays tiles.
2. Also tyl·er. the doorkeeper of a Masonic lodge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tiler¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; tile, -er ¹

Example Sentences

One of her brothers was a parish priest, another a tiler; she had a nephew who was a carpenter.

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She had a cousin there, Perrinet de Vouthon, by calling a tiler, and his son Henri.

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The timely appearance of my colleague, Ludovic Tiler, consoled me a little for the loss of the lady and her lot.

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The greeting of so great a personage to his trusty and well beloved Ludovic Tiler had a very marked effect upon my captors.

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"We shall see," said Tiler, elated and cocksure, and I freely confess we did see that he was not quite the fool I thought him.

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