toter

See also: Toter

English

Etymology

tote +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Noun

toter (plural toters)

  1. One who totes or carries something.
    • 1633 (first performance), Ben Jonson, “A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy […]”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published 1692, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      His name was Vadian, and a cunning toter
    • 2004, Steve Ward, Holy Enigma!, page 31:
      Bible toters tend to carry the book around as a symbol of sanctity.
    • 2009 June 26, “The Fast-Draw-but-Don’t-Drink Law”, in New York Times‎:
      The governor found no safety in provisions that ban the licensed gun toters from drinking alcohol — is it the honor system or will bartenders do a search?

Translations

See also
  • stone-toter

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Adjective

toter

  1. inflection of tot:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural
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