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Slater

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Noun

1. slater, woodlouse

any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slater

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noun
1. 
a person trained in laying roof slates
2. dialect, Australian and New Zealand
a woodlouse
See also sea slater

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Slater

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noun
1. 
a person who slates
2. 
any of various isopod crustaceans; esp., a sow bug

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Slater

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British-born textile pioneer in America. He oversaw construction of the nation's first successful water-powered textile mill (1793).
n.
1. One employed to lay slate surfaces, as on roofs.
2. Chiefly Australia & New Zealand See woodlouse.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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