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WRESTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wrester mean?
• WRESTER (noun)
The noun WRESTER has 1 sense:
1. someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements
Familiarity information: WRESTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("wrester" is a kind of...):
puller (someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself)
Derivation:
wrest (obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically)
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