tusker

[ tuhs-ker ]

/ ˈtʌs kər /

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noun

an animal with tusks, as an elephant or a wild boar.

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Origin of tusker

First recorded in 1855–60; tusk + -er¹

Words nearby tusker

tushery, tushie, Tusi, tusk, Tuskegee, tusker, tusk shell, tussah, tussal, Tussaud, Tussi

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How to use tusker in a sentence

The tusker on one occasion ran mad (as they will do now and then) and killed one of his keepers.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up|Clarence Poe
The king of the group, a magnificent tusker, pushed the logs with his snout and tusks, while the others pulled them with chains.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up|Clarence Poe
Still the princes shook their weapons, drove the deep resounding car, Or on steed or tusker mounted waged the glorious mimic war!
Maha-bharata|Anonymous
Like a tusker in his fury, like a lion in his ire, Like the sun in noontide radiance, like the all-consuming fire!
Maha-bharata|Anonymous

For his tusker pierced by arrows trumpeted his dying wail, Like a red and flaming meteor gallant Bhagadatta fell!
Maha-bharata|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for tusker

tusker

/ (ˈtʌskə) /

noun

any animal with prominent tusks, esp a wild boar or elephant

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