Definition of Plater

1. Noun. A skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold).

Specialized synonyms: Electroplater
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Plate

Definition of Plater

1. n. One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater.

2. n. A horse that runs chiefly in plate, esp. selling-plate, races; hence, an inferior race horse.

Definition of Plater

1. Noun. someone who plates metal. ¹

2. Noun. someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items ¹

3. Noun. A machine for calendering paper. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plater

1. one that plates [n -S] - See also: plates

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plater

platelets
platelike
platelike atelectasis
platels
platemaker
platemakers
platemaking
platemakings
plateman
platemen
platen
platencin
platens
platensimycin
plateosaurus
plater (current term)
plateresque
platers
plates
plates of meat
platesful
platetrope
plateway
plateways
platey
platform
platform bed
platform boot
platform boots
platform game

Literary usage of Plater

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (1842)
"The court, not accustomed to the manners of Corsica, condemned Rigaldi, as the price of his revenge, to 25 francs amende, and to pay the costs. EMILY plater ..."

2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"Bede saith, Pilate died desperate eight years after Christ. k Felix plater hath collected many examples. " ' A Merchant's Wife that was long troubled with ..."

3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"Felix plater hath store of instances of such as thought themselves damned, 2 forsaken of God, &c. One amongst the rest, that durst not go to church, ..."

4. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1892)
"We have sent by the stage 4 Rm. paper a Box Instruments, & a Gun Carriage : [Cook to plater.] csc Smiths Creek June 15th 1776. Dr Sir. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... because plates, angles, tee?, channels and joist sections are rolled ready for use, little work could be left for the plater and boilermaker. ..."

6. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (1842)
"The court, not accustomed to the manners of Corsica, condemned Rigaldi, as the price of his revenge, to 25 francs amende, and to pay the costs. EMILY plater ..."

7. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"Bede saith, Pilate died desperate eight years after Christ. k Felix plater hath collected many examples. " ' A Merchant's Wife that was long troubled with ..."

8. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"Felix plater hath store of instances of such as thought themselves damned, 2 forsaken of God, &c. One amongst the rest, that durst not go to church, ..."

9. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1892)
"We have sent by the stage 4 Rm. paper a Box Instruments, & a Gun Carriage : [Cook to plater.] csc Smiths Creek June 15th 1776. Dr Sir. ..."

10. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... because plates, angles, tee?, channels and joist sections are rolled ready for use, little work could be left for the plater and boilermaker. ..."

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