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Meaning of DOSSER

Pronunciation:  'dâsur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  someone who sleeps in any convenient place
 

DOSSER is a 6 letter word that starts with D.

 

 Synonyms: street person
 
 See Also: bum, hobo, tramp

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dos"ser\, n. [LL. dosserum, or F. dossier bundle of
papers, part of a basket resting on the back, fr. L. dorsum
back. See {Dorsal}, and cf. {Dosel}.] [Written also {dorser}
and {dorsel}.]
1. A pannier, or basket.

         To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers.
                                               --Beau. & Fl.

2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

 

 

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