English Explanatory Dictionary

whitter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative form of witter (“speak at length on a trivial subject”).
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Word forms

whitter whitters whittering whittered

Etymology

English occupational surname for a whitewasher, caulker or bleacher, from Middle English whitere, an agent derivative of Old English hwītian (“to whiten”).

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