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floorer

noun

Etymology

From floor + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix).

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻ — “flat”
  2. inherited from *pleh₂ros✻ — “floor”
  3. inherited from *flōraz✻ — “ground; floor”
  4. inherited from *flōr✻
  5. inherited from flōr — “floor, pavement; deck; gangplank”
  6. inherited from floor
  7. formed as floorer — “floor + -er”

Definitions

  1. Someone who floors, lays flooring.

  2. In skittles, the act of knocking down all of the skittles in one throw.

  3. A knock-down blow.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A decisive retort.

    2. A question that one cannot easily answer

      A question that one cannot easily answer; a poser.

    3. A building with the specified number of floors.

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