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Webster 1913 Edition
Sweater
Sweat′er
,Noun.
1.
One who sweats.
2.
One who, or that which, causes to sweat
; as: (a)
A sudorific.
(b)
A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
(c)
An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
[Slang]
Webster 1828 Edition
Sweater
SWEAT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sweater
sweater
English
Noun
sweater (plural sweaters)
- A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
- (US) A similar garment worn for warmth.
- One who sweats (produces sweat).
- 2007, John T. James, A Sea of Broken Hearts: Patient Rights in a Dangerous Profit-Driven Health Care System, ISBN 9781467097116, page 29:
- The cardiologist who administered Alex's exercise stress test on August 21 observed during that test that Alex was a profuse sweater.
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- One who or that which causes to sweat.
- 1906, Chesterton, Charles Dickens, chapter 3
- We learn of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn it from inspectors, we learn it from doctors, we learn it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters; but we never learn it from the children; we never learn it from the victims.
- 1906, Chesterton, Charles Dickens, chapter 3
Synonyms
- (for sense 1): sweatshirt
- (for sense 2): jumper, pullover, jersey, cardigan, wooly
- (for sense 3): perspirer
- (for sense 4): exploiter
Translations
knitted jacket worn by athletes before or after exercise
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similar garment worn for warmth
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a person who sweats
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