want
verb (used with object)
to feel a need or a desire for; wish for.
wanter
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a word derived from
want.
Example Sentences
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When she says, “I’m a wanter myself. I want my son back” she isn’t just making any old gesture: she’s reaching for where the tears usually are.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019
Madeline—who certainly is a wanter, and probably knows it—gets defensive.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019
“What you wanter see that looney critter for?”
From Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys by Alice B. Emerson
Now I gwi' tell yo' how 'twuz, 'n' yo' wanter pay 'tention.
From The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey
"Dear me suz, I wanter know," exclaimed Mrs. Brown again.
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by H. H. Riley
