sweater
Meaning
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- A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
- A similar garment worn for warmth.
- One who sweats (produces sweat).
- One who or that which causes to sweat.
- A diaphoretic remedy.
- An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
- One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
- (obsolete) A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
Synonyms
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sweat‧er
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈswɛtə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English swetere, equivalent to sweat + -er.
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