ladler

noun

Etymology

From ladle + -er.

  1. inherited from *kleh₂-
  2. inherited from *hlaþaną
  3. inherited from hlædel
  4. inherited from ladel
  5. suffixed as ladler — “ladle + er

Definitions

  1. One who ladles.

    • […] by the time I was twelve I was my mother’s little helper—the filler of pies, the ladler of jelly, the person to whom Mother snapped, ‘Hurry up, I’ll need to put the tops on those pies.’
  2. Someone who transports molten metal in a ladle.

The neighborhood

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