greeter

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English greter, gretter, equivalent to greet +‎ -er.

Noun

greeter (plural greeters)

A person who greets people on their arrival.
(tourism) A volunteer who shows tourists around their home city or region for free.

Etymology 2

From greet (“to weep”) +‎ -er.

Noun

greeter (plural greeters)

(dialectal or obsolete) One who weeps or mourns.

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for greeter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

“greeter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

regreet

French

Etymology

From English greeter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.tœʁ/
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Noun

greeter m or f by sense (plural greeters)

(tourism, anglicism) greeter (volunteer who shows tourists around their home city or region for free)

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