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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.
2. someone who ascends on foot
Familiarity information: MOUNTER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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