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STAYER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stayer mean?
• STAYER (noun)
The noun STAYER has 1 sense:
1. a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance
Familiarity information: STAYER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Context example:
the horse that won the race is a good stayer
Hypernyms ("stayer" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Derivation:
stay (hang on during a trial of endurance)
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