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Webster 1913 Edition


Smoker

Smok′er

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Noun.
1.
One who dries or preserves by smoke.
2.
One who smokes tobacco or the like.
3.
A smoking car or compartment, such as a car on a train where smoking is allowed.
[U. S.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Smoker

SMO'KER

,
Adj.
1.
One that dries by smoke.
2.
One that used tobacco by burning it in a pipe or in the form of a cigar.

Definition 2024


smoker

smoker

English

Noun

smoker (plural smokers)

  1. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
  2. A smoking car on a train.
  3. An informal social gathering for men only.
    • Strand Magazine
      That evening A Company had a "smoker" in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp.
  4. A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
  5. An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
  6. A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees (also more specifically called a bee smoker).
  7. An apparatus for smoking food, or a person who smokes food.
  8. (Britain, Cambridge University) A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.
  9. (slang) A two-stroke engine or by extension the vehicle itself. Especially when talking about a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle (stroker).

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