Definition of Curtailer

1. n. One who curtails.

Definition of Curtailer

1. Noun. One who curtails. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curtailer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtailer

cursorily
cursoriness
cursorinesses
cursoring
cursorless
cursors
cursory
cursour
cursours
curst
curstfully
cursus
curt
curtail
curtailed
curtailer (current term)
curtailers
curtailing
curtailment
curtailments
curtails
curtain
curtain-call
curtain-raise
curtain-twitcher
curtain-twitchers
curtain call
curtain calls
curtain coating
curtain lecture

Literary usage of Curtailer

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

1. Library Journal by Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter, American Library Association, Library Association (1899)
"A printed catalog made by this process is even more than a curtailer of expenditures ; it is a record of the progress and condition of the card catalog in a ..."

2. Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807 by Anna Seward, Archibald Constable (1811)
"Mr Newton is overwhelmed with anguish in his consciousness of having been the unfortunate, though guiltless curtailer of his beloved sister's life, ..."

3. Mark Twain's Library of Humor by Mark Twain (1906)
"... a much more serious matter than you and the railroads seem to think, and it cannot be done in my person until the curtailer proves his right to do so. ..."

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