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wafter en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ˈwɒftə(ɹ)/
Etymology
Alteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter (“a guard”), from wachten (“to guard”).
Meanings
(obsolete) Armed convoy or escort ship
(obsolete) An agent of the Crown with responsibility for protecting specific maritime activities, such as shipping or fishing.
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wafter en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/ˈwɒftə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From waft + -er.
Meanings
One who, or that which, wafts.
Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane. 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Mad Lover”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:
A semi-bouyant hookbait designed to waft just above the lakebed.