slater
noun
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
slaters
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pluralof slater.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
He has to do the tapping and keep up an industrious bustle on the housetop during the absence of the slaters.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
As slaters sort their slates, do they degrees and families.”
From The Ancien Regime by Charles Kingsley
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 Hugh Miller
