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strewer

noun

Etymology

From strew + -er.

  1. derived from *strew-✻
  2. inherited from *strawjaną✻
  3. inherited from *strauwjan✻
  4. inherited from strewian
  5. inherited from strewen
  6. suffixed as strewer — “strew + er”

Definitions

  1. One who strews something.

    • She loved plaster statues, vigil lights, tabernacles decorated in gold leaf with little doors that opened, processions with strewers, the Lourdes hymn: that whole world of disappearing and comforting Catholicism […]

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