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splasher

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Splasher (noun) means a person who splashes.

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1
A person who splashes.
"They gave her room, all right, especially if her medium happened to be water color, as Judy was a grand splasher and spared neither water nor paint." — Nell Speed, Molly Brown's Orchard Home (1915)
2
A guard to keep off splashes from anything; especially, one of the guards over the wheels of a carriage, locomotive, etc.
"No. 6959 is painted in the standard wartime black livery and, like its immediate predecessors, does not carry a nameplate, but the words "Hall Class" have been painted on the middle coupled-wheel splasher." — , Modified G.W.R (1944)
3
A blade carried and used for attacking someone.
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Etymology

Formed from splash and the suffix -er.

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What is the meaning of splasher?
"splasher" (noun) means a person who splashes.
What is another word for splasher?
Other words for "splasher" include splashboard, dashboard, shank.
What are the different meanings of splasher?
"splasher" has 3 main meanings: 1. A person who splashes; 2. A guard to keep off splashes from anything; especially, one of the guards over the wheels of a carriage, locomotive, etc; 3. A blade carried and used for attacking someone.

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