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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