sweater

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈswɛtə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈswɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈswetə/ Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ) Hyphenation: sweat‧er === Noun === sweater (plural sweaters) A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise. Synonym: sweatshirt (chiefly US) A similar garment worn for warmth. Synonyms: jumper, pullover, jersey, cardigan, wooly One who sweats (produces sweat). Synonym: perspirer One who or that which causes to sweat. A diaphoretic remedy. (historical) An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade. Synonym: exploiter Coordinate term: sweatee 1894, New York (State) Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, Annual Report (volumes 7-8, page 158) If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union. (archaic) One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them. (UK, obsolete) A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point. William Lecky, quoted in 1965, Gilbert Geis, Juvenile Gangs (page 6) Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sweater (third-person singular simple present sweaters, present participle sweatering, simple past and past participle sweatered) (transitive) To dress in a sweater. === Further reading === sweater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === wearest == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English sweater. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsʋɛ.tər/, /ˈsʋiː.tər/ Hyphenation: swea‧ter === Noun === sweater n (plural sweaters, no diminutive) sweater, sweatshirt