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DASHER
Etymology
Noun
dasher (plural dashers)
A person who dashes; a fast runner.
That which dashes or agitates.
(US) A dashboard or splashboard.
(colloquial, archaic) One who makes an ostentatious parade or display.
Anagrams
• Dahers, Heards, Sheard, rashed, red ash, shader, shared, sheard
Etymology
Proper noun
Dasher
The first reindeer of Santa Claus.
Coordinate terms
(Santa Claus's reindeer):
• Dancer
• Prancer
• Vixen
• Comet
• Cupid
• Donner
• Blitzen
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Anagrams
• Dahers, Heards, Sheard, rashed, red ash, shader, shared, sheard
Source: Wiktionary
Dash"er, n.
1. That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
2. A dashboard or splashboard. [U. S.]
3. One who makes an ostentatious parade. [Low]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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