plaguer

English

Etymology

plague +‎ -er

Noun

plaguer (plural plaguers)

  1. One who plagues or annoys.
  2. (slang) One infected with HIV.
    • 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 315:
      PLAGUER wis painted on the heavy plywood-enforced door in big, black letters. Also HIVER and JUNKY.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 plaguer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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