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hefter

noun

Etymology

From heft + -er.

  1. derived from hefða — “to acquire prescriptive rights”
  2. borrowed from heft — “to cause (cattle or sheep) to become familiar with a pasture; of animals: to become familiar with a pasture; (figurative) of a person: to become settled in an occupation or place”
  3. derived from *kap-✻
  4. derived from *habjaną✻ — “to have; to hold”
  5. derived from hefð — “occupation; possession; prescriptive right”
  6. borrowed from heft
  7. suffixed as hefter — “heft + er”

Definitions

  1. One who hefts something.

    • With prize money at stake, and the boat from the bar around the corner victorious last week, the strongest and best hefters of sandbags were paid to crew.

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