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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

One who pelts.

Noun.

A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.

[Obs.]

“Let such pelters prate.”

Gascoigne.

Noun.

One that pelts; also, a pinch-penny; a mean, sordid person.

pelter ‎(plural pelters)

One who pelts.
- 2008, Outlook (volume 48, number 35, page 20)
  Young stone-pelters took to the streets and faced armed police who fired straight at them, killing several.
A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.