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STAGGERER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does staggerer mean? 

STAGGERER (noun)
  The noun STAGGERER has 1 sense:

1. someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fallplay

  Familiarity information: STAGGERER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAGGERER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

reeler; staggerer; totterer

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

footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)

Derivation:

stagger (walk as if unable to control one's movements)


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