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
Which side? which side?" ejaculated Wiggins: "do you wanter trammel up a free and inderpendent citizen of this mighty republic!
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by H. H. Riley
“Here comes somebody I reckon you’ll wanter see,” bawled the old man.
From Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys by Alice B. Emerson
Ter show 'er an' you that I mean ter be differ'nt, I say, here an' now, that I wanter see these meetin's go on, 's long 's schoolma'am 'll be our angel an' pilot us.
From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Cora Marsland
