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MOUNTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mounter mean? 

MOUNTER (noun)
  The noun MOUNTER has 2 senses:

1. a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.play

2. someone who ascends on footplay

  Familiarity information: MOUNTER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOUNTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mounter" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Derivation:

mount (fix onto a backing, setting, or support)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who ascends on foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

climber; mounter

Context example:

a solitary mounter of the staircase

Hypernyms ("mounter" is a kind of...):

ascender (someone who ascends)

Derivation:

mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)


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