Slater

Definitions

1. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
2. A surname originating as an occupation.
3. Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.
   Australia, New-Zealand, Scotland
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. An unincorporated community in Moffat County and Routt County, Colorado.
6. A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
7. A city in Story County, Iowa.
8. An unincorporated community in Ballard County, Kentucky.
9. A township in Cass County, Minnesota.
10. A city in Saline County, Missouri.
11. An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.
12. A census-designated place in Platte County, Wyoming.

Equivalents

Examples

“Plain speaking, now and then, is very necessary. The author will call⟳ the critic a “blackguard slater," of course, but he need⟳ not be a blackguard. Ferocity of language only hurts his effect.”

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