holer

English

Etymology

From hole +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

holer (plural holers)

  1. That which holes, perforates etc.
  2. (US, slang, in combination) An outhouse with the specified number of holes for use as toilets.
    • 1997, Luther Bryan Clegg, The Empty Schoolhouse: Memories of One-Room Texas Schools, page 78:
      And at recess we all went out to the three-holer toilet, and boy, we had us a ball.

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Middle English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old French holier, dissimilatory variant of horier, from Old High German huorāri (modern Hurer), from Proto-West Germanic *hōrārī; in later Middle English remodelled on the suffix -our. First attested in c. 1235.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(h)uˈleːr/, /ˈ(h)ulər/
  • IPA(key): /(h)uˈluːr/, /ˈ(h)ulur/ (influenced by -our)

Noun

holer (plural holers)

  1. A whoremonger or lecher; an adulterous or sexually unrestrained man.
  2. (rare, figurative) An adulterator (of God's word)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

holer m or f

  1. indefinite plural of hole

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

holer f

  1. indefinite plural of hole