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salter

/ˈsɔːltə/SAWL-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈsɔltɚ/SAWL-tur

Meaningone who salts

Common meaning: a person who salts or deals in salt

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Journey through time

  1. Latinsāl, salis‘salt’
  2. Old Englishsealt‘salt (lit. and fig.)’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishsaltsource
  4. Englishsalt‘the white mineral used to flavour food’
  5. Englishformed in English from saltsalter‘a person who salts or deals in salt’ · 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 salt + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SALT, p.524 · scan

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