Definition of Loiterer

1. Noun. Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place.

Exact synonyms: Lingerer
Generic synonyms: Dawdler, Drone, Laggard, Lagger, Poke, Trailer
Derivative terms: Linger, Loiter

Definition of Loiterer

1. n. One who loiters; an idler.

Definition of Loiterer

1. Noun. One who loiters, one who lingers or hangs around. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loiterer

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loiterer

loin
loin of lamb
loincloth
loinclothed
loincloths
loiner
loiners
loinskin
loipe
loipen
loir
loirs
loiter
loitered
loiterer (current term)
loiterers
loitering
loiteringly
loiters
lojbanized
lojbanizes
lojbanizing
loke
lokes
loki
lokorys
lokshen
lolapaloosa

Literary usage of Loiterer

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

1. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"Carrier's "name," nickname properly, was "Waffler" [loiterer]: he stuttered intensely, drank much whisky and had sunk in the world (pitied, laughed-at, ..."

2. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"Carrier's "name," nickname properly, was "Waffler" [loiterer]: he stuttered intensely, drank much whisky and had sunk in the world (pitied, laughed-at, ..."

3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"An idler, a loiterer. Letter dated September, 1543. No other instance of this word has been found. ..."

4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1865)
"... stretched over it, as if to invite the stranger-loiterer to partake at his will of that much of the hospitalities of the home. ..."

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