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munter

noun
/ˈmʌn.tə/UK/ˈmʊn.tər/

Etymology

* As a north German (Münter) and Dutch (De Munter) surname, occupational surname for a minter; see Minter. * Also as a German surname (and Swedish and Danish, both borrowed from the German), from the adjective Munter (“lively, merry”). Also found in Finland.

Definitions

  1. An ugly person.

    • I'm never going to date her; she's a right munter.

  2. A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.

    • He's a real munter; he was really munted at the party.

  3. A watch (portable timepiece).

    • […] asked the other what a clocke it was in his mounter; to whom he replyed, About the howre just that yee should give watter to your mare.
    • […] clocks, watches, and munters, boots and shooes, shal be given up by the merchant-sellers there-of, under declaration to the commissioners, "&c. Acts Cha. I. Ed. 1814, VI. 152. […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname from German.

The neighborhood

Derived

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