plater

[ pley-ter; for 2 also plat-er ]

/ ˈpleɪ tər; for 2 also ˈplæt ər /

noun

a person or thing that plates.

an inferior race horse.

Nearby words

plateletpheresis, platelets, platemaker, platemark, platen, plater, plateresque, plateware, platform, platform bed, platform car

Origin of plater

First recorded in 1710–20; plate¹ + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for plater

Indeed, they were not more suitably met in their own time than the Countess Colonel Plater on her first joining the army.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century|Margaret Fuller Ossoli
He could easily spring to it from the upper deck of the Whatnot, as he saw Plater and Grimshaw were about to do.
Raftmates|Kirk Munroe
Plater, benumbed with cold (it is himself who gives us the account), had drawn off his boots to warm his feet at the watch-fire.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Mr. Key was a connection of Mrs. Beanes', who was a member of the Plater family.
A Portrait of Old George Town|Grace Dunlop Ecker

We must talk it over with Plater, and come to some decision this very day.
Raftmates|Kirk Munroe

British Dictionary definitions for plater

plater

/ (ˈpleɪtə) /

noun

a person or thing that plates

horse racing

a mediocre horse entered chiefly for minor races
a blacksmith who shoes racehorses with the special type of light shoe used for racing

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plater

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plater

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