Noun: chafer
| Singular | chafer |
| Plural | chafers |
Sample Sentences
-
A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons. [1643, Richard Baker, Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans' Government unto the Death of King James:]
-
Enter Mephoſtophilis with the Chafer of fire. / Meph. See Fauſtus here is fire, ſet it on. [1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, page [21]:]
Nouns inflected like chafer
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English chaufour, chafour, from Anglo-Norman chaufour, from Latin calefactōrium; equivalent to chafe + -er. See: Middle English Nouns '
chaufour', Latin Nouns '
calefactōrium'.
Verbs referencing "chafer"
German Nouns
Käfer, Dutch Nouns
kever.