different between spilter vs spiller

English

Etymology

From spill (noun).

Noun

spilter (plural spilters)

1. (obsolete) Any of the small branches on a stag's head.
   • 1660, James Howell, Lexicon Tetraglotton

     The little furrowes that run a long the head of a deer; The spilters, or broches of a deers head

References

spilter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Pirtles, Spitler, Tiplers, prelist, preslit, resplit, spirtle, stilper, tripels, triples

English

Etymology

From Middle English spiller, from spill +? -er.

Noun

spiller (plural spillers)

1. One who spills.
2. (law) A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
3. A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.

Anagrams

• Pillers, pillers

Danish

Etymology 1

From spille (“to play”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spel?r/, [?sb?el?]

Noun

spiller c (singular definite spilleren, plural indefinite spillere)

1. player (one who plays any game)
2. gambler
3. gamer
4. player (dramatic actor)
5. player (who plays on a musical instrument)
6. (slang) an act of masturbation

Inflection

Synonyms

• (gambler): gambler
• (dramatic actor): aktør, skuespiller
• (who plays on a musical instrument): musiker

Etymology 2

See spille.

Noun

spiller

1. indefinite plural of spille

Verb

spiller

1. present of spille

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spyller

Etymology

From spillen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spil?r/

Noun

spiller

1. (rare) destroyer

Descendants

• English: spiller

References

• “spiller, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-21.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• speller

Noun

spiller m (definite singular spilleren, indefinite plural spillere, definite plural spillerne)

1. a player

Derived terms

Related terms

• spill
• spille

See also

• spelar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

spiller

1. present of spille

References

• “spiller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

spiller

1. present tense of spilla.

Anagrams

• pillers