- curtailer
- noun see curtail
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
curtailer
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Curtailer — Cur*tail er (k[u^]r*t[=a]l [ e]r), n. One who curtails. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
curtailer — See curtail. * * * … Universalium
curtailer — curtailˈer noun • • • Main Entry: ↑curtail … Useful english dictionary
curtail — transitive verb Etymology: by folk etymology from earlier curtal to dock an animal s tail, from curtal, noun, animal with a docked tail, from Middle French courtault more at curtal Date: 1580 to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some… … New Collegiate Dictionary
curtailment — See curtailer. * * * … Universalium
curtail — curtail1 curtailedly, adv. curtailer, n. curtailment, n. /keuhr tayl /, v.t. to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish. [1425 75; late ME curtailen to restrict (said of royal succession or inheritance), prob. a conflation of MF… … Universalium
New Zealand — New Zealander. /zee leuhnd/ a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 3,587,275; 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Cap.: Wellington … Universalium
curtail — /kɜˈteɪl / (say ker tayl) verb (t) to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish. {variant (by association with tail1) of obsolete curtal (verb) dock, from French courtault, from court short, from Latin curtus} –curtailer, noun… …
