English Explanatory Dictionary

treader

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who treads.
  2. A bicycle.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-treader.wav

Word forms

treader treaders

Etymology

From Middle English tredere, equivalent to tread + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch treder (“treader”), Middle Low German trēdære, trēder (“treader, bellows kicker”), Middle High German tretære, treter (“treader”) (whence German Treter (“old shoe, footballer”)).

Derived words

marsh treader
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