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Definition of Rotter
1. Noun. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. "The British call a contemptible person a `git'"
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Derivative terms: Bum, Rat
Definition of Rotter
1. Noun. A worthless, despicable person. ¹
2. Noun. (British slang) A scoundrel. ¹
3. Noun. (British slang journalism) A non-accredited journalist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rotter
1. a scoundrel [n -S] - See also: scoundrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotter
Literary usage of Rotter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"LETTERS TO LUCERNE A Drama in Three Acts BY FRITZ rotter AND ALLEN VINCENT THE
... The idea for the play had been submitted to her by Fritz rotter, ..."
2. Quarterly Compendium of Medical Science by D. G. Brinton (1888)
"In order to clear up, if possible, some of the uncertainty, rotter has ...
According to rotter, the earliest symptom is usually a painless swelling of the ..."
3. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"By MAX rotter, Mem. Am. Soc. ME C'h. Engr. Busch-Sulzer Bros.-Diesel Eng. Co.
St. Louis, Mo., USA It was the purpose of this paper to treat the general ..."
4. A glossary of French slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"Un vieux chameau, an old, ugly, peevish woman (or man), an old rotter. Ah, les
chameaux, ils en ont une veine ! what luck they have, the blighters ..."
5. A Glossary of French Slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"Un vieux chameau, an old, ugly, peevish woman (or man), an old rotter. Ah, les
chameaux, ils en ont une veine ! what luck they have. the blighters ..."
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