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glover

/ˈɡlʌvə/GLUH-vur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɡlʌvɚ/GLUH-vur

Meaningone who makes gloves

Common meaning: a glove maker

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishgl6f‘glove’source
  2. Middle Englishglovesource
  3. Englishglove‘a covering with separate spaces for the fingers’
  4. Englishformed in English from gloveglover‘a glove maker’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from glove + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GLOVE, p.237 · scan

Source words

  • gl6f Old English · source word “glove”

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