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plater

American

[play-ter, plat-er] / ˈpleɪ tər, ˈplæt ər /

noun

a person or thing that plates.
an inferior race horse.

plater British

/ ˈpleɪtə /

noun

a person or thing that plates
horse racing
1. a mediocre horse entered chiefly for minor races
2. a blacksmith who shoes racehorses with the special type of light shoe used for racing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of plater

First recorded in 1710–20; plate ¹ + -er ¹

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Mr Paterson, a plater and shipyard worker who was walking home after a curry night with his friend and cousin, suffered "significant external and internal" injuries.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

Alex Logan started to learn his trade as a shipbuilder at the age of 16 and has spent his entire working life at the Ferguson shipyard as a plater.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025

Nathan Wyllie, 19, is being trained as a plater.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2022

In the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Louis Tufano's three-year-old Market Wise, who raced last fall as a cheap selling plater, outran mighty Whirlaway, skimmed two miles in 3 min.,

From Time Magazine Archive

I owes the woman where I eats, I owes the feed man, I owes the plater, 'n' I owes every gink that'll stand fur a touch.

From Blister Jones by Jay Hambridge

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