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Synonyms for loiterer

Grammar : Noun
Spell : loi-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔɪ tər

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Définition of loiterer

Origin :
  • early 15c., "idle one's time, dawdle over work," from Middle Dutch loteren "be loose or erratic, shake, totter" like a loose tooth or a sail in a storm; in modern Dutch, leuteren "to delay, linger, loiter over one's work." Probably cognate with Old English lutian "lurk," and related to Old English loddere "beggar;" Old High German lotar "empty, vain," luzen "lurk;" German Lotterbube "vagabond, rascal," lauschen "eavesdrop;" Gothic luton "mislead;" Old English lyðre "base, bad, wicked." Related: Loitered; loitering.
  • noun laggard
Example sentences :
  • He cannot afford to be a trifler or a loiterer on the way, but must push on continually.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • The Loiterer was not sold only to the local public at Oxford.
  • Extract from : « Rowlandson's Oxford » by A. Hamilton Gibbs
  • Another way was described in the diary of a modern Oxford man in The Loiterer.
  • Extract from : « Rowlandson's Oxford » by A. Hamilton Gibbs
  • But the “loiterer” came at that moment, or rather, drove up.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Soil » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • “They call her the Good Hope, of Dartmouth,” replied the loiterer.
  • Extract from : « The Black Arrow » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Up to that time he allows himself to be a loiterer in ethics.
  • Extract from : « Pedagogics as a System » by Karl Rosenkranz
  • A loiterer may have wandered into the building, and then left when we gave chase.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Pact » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • In case of doubt, here was a cogent reason to hurry a loiterer.
  • Extract from : « The Garden of Eden » by Max Brand
  • It is our duty to strengthen the loiterer as long as reason supplies a means.
  • Extract from : « The Awakening of Spring » by Frank Wedekind
  • One was always punctual at school, the other a loiterer by the way.
  • Extract from : « Tiger and Tom and Other Stories for Boys » by Various

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