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puller

/ˈpʊlə/PUU-lur
/ˈpʊlɚ/PUU-lur

Meaninga person or thing that pulls

Common meaning: a person or thing that pulls (inferred)

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishpulliansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishpullensource
  3. Englishpull‘to draw towards oneself’
  4. Englishformed in English from pullpuller‘a person or thing that pulls (inferred)’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: a person or thing that pulls. It can be inferred from any of: pull.

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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • 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 pull + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • pullian Old English · source word “plucking, drawing”

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