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wanter

noun

Etymology

Contraction of want to.

  1. derived from *h₁weh₂-✻
  2. derived from *wanatōną✻
  3. derived from vanta
  4. inherited from wanten
  5. suffixed as wanter — “want + er”

Definitions

  1. One who wants, or who wants something

    • Witless hizzie, e'en 's you like, The ne'er a doit I 'm carin'; But men maun be the first to speak, An' wanters maun be speerin'.
    • But if Donald McFarlane wants money, he's got kin that can accommodate him, James; wanters arena always that fortunate.
    • You see, the trouble with Americans is that they are the greatest wanters of cake after they've eaten it the world has ever seen.

  2. Pronunciation spelling of want to.

    • I reckon it weighs about a ton by the weight of it if yer wanter know.
    • Here, lift over them crates o' oranges I wanter fix 'em in the winder."
    • My birthday over, I wanter go right home to Heaven.

The neighborhood

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