slater
noun
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
slater
1 American
[sley-ter]
/ ˈsleɪ tər /
noun
slaters
plural
Slater
2
American
[sley-ter]
/ ˈsleɪ tər /
noun
slater
British
/ ˈsleɪtə /
noun
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a person trained in laying roof slates
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dialect a woodlouse See also sea slater
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of slater
First recorded in 1375–1425, slater is from the late Middle English word sclater. See slate 1, -er 1
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Louise recounts a slater called John McWilliam, who fled to Stranraer after being accused of witchcraft for a second time, before going on trial in Edinburgh.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
He promised an updated list, but more than six month slater, it has yet to appear.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
I could have got work to-day if I had been a carpenter, or if I’d been a joiner, or a slater, or a bricklayer, or a plasterer, or a painter, or a hod-carrier.
From Dr. Sevier by Cable, George Washington
Soon no one stands below any longer looking up; the slater at work is no longer any novelty.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig by Various
But before he has bound the ladder fast—and in order to do that he must climb it once—the slater may commend his poor soul to God.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig by Various
The singer and actress, 32, first met Slater, 34, in 2023 while they were shooting the two films in the UK.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater have reportedly ended their relationship after almost three years together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Grande starred as Glinda the good witch in the Wizard of Oz spin-off, while Slater portrayed Boq Woodsman, who is later turned into the Tin Man.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Their dating rumors were scrutinized at the time because Grande and Slater both had highly publicized splits from former spouses around the same time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
“It’s not like Mrs. Slater was alive in 1381.”
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
The first firefighters were recruited from tradesmen including slaters, carpenters and masons, aged 17 to 25, because they knew how buildings were constructed.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
Bricklayers, masons, roofers, roof tilers, slaters, carpenters, joiners and plasterers will benefit from cheaper visas and more relaxed employment criteria under the changes.
From Reuters ● Jul. 17, 2023
Here, too, is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand, with lithotypes of the hands of slaters, sailors, corkcutters, compositors, weavers, and diamond-polishers.
From The Sign of the Four by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
And we surwives the sneering slaters, Wot tries our games to circumvent, But treating us like Try-yer-weighters, Or chockerlate, or stamps, or scent!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 23, 1890 by Various
On the one side sat the bride, a high-coloured, buxom young girl, serene and erect as Britannia on the halfpennies, and guarded by two stout fellows, masons or slaters apparently, in their working dresses.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh
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