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whitewasher

noun

Etymology

From whitewash + -er.

  1. derived from *wed-✻
  2. inherited from *waskaną,*watskaną✻
  3. inherited from *waskan✻
  4. inherited from wascan
  5. inherited from wasshen,waschen,weschen
  6. compounded as whitewash — “white + wash”
  7. suffixed as whitewasher — “whitewash + er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, whitewashes.

The neighborhood

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