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arrester

noun

Etymology

From arrest + -er.

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻
  2. derived from ad-
  3. derived from *arrestō✻
  4. derived from areste
  5. inherited from arest
  6. formed as arrester — “arrest + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who places another under arrest.

  2. A device that stops or prevents, such as a railway buffer, or a spark arrester that…

    A device that stops or prevents, such as a railway buffer, or a spark arrester that prevents sparks from being released to start fires.

The neighborhood

Derived

arrester bed, lightning arrester, spark arrester

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA