Definition of Stayer

1. Noun. A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance. "The horse that won the race is a good stayer"

Generic synonyms: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna
Derivative terms: Stay

Definition of Stayer

1. n. One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race.

Definition of Stayer

1. Noun. (sports) An athlete with staying power ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stayer

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stayer

stay over
stay put
stay the course
stay the distance
stay the night
stay together
stay tuned
stay up
stayaway
stayaways
staycation
staycationing
staycations
stayed
stayedness
stayer (current term)
stayers
staying
staying power
staylace
stayless
staymaker
staymakers
stayne
stayned
staynes
stayning
stayover
stayovers
stayre

Literary usage of Stayer

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

1. Reminiscences of the Turf, with Anecdotes and Recollections of Its Principal by William Day (1891)
"... wonderful victory—Compared with Tristan and Iroquois—Need of a ' stayer ' in the Cambridgeshire— Value of trials—Story of the fraud as to weight in ..."

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