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smoker

/ˈsməʊkə/SMOH-kur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈsmoʊkɚ/SMOH-kur

Meaningone who smokes

Common meaning: a person who smokes tobacco

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishsmocasource
  2. Middle Englishsmokesource
  3. Englishsmoke‘the visible vapour from burning’
  4. Englishformed in English from smokesmoker‘a person who smokes tobacco’ · 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.
  • 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 smoke + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SMOKE, p.567 · scan

Source words

  • smoca Old English · source word “the visible vapour from burning”

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