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Webster 1913 Edition


Waller

Wall′er

,
Noun.
One who builds walls.

Wall′er

,
Noun.
[G.]
(Zool.)
The wels.

Webster 1828 Edition


Waller

WALLER

,
Noun.
One who builds walls in the country.

Definition 2024


Waller

Waller

See also: waller

English

Proper noun

Waller

  1. A surname.

waller

waller

See also: Waller

English

Noun

waller (plural wallers)

  1. One who builds walls.

Etymology 2

From wallow or wallower.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒlə(r)
  • Rhymes: -ɒlə(ɹ)

Noun

waller (plural wallers)

  1. The place where animals make their bed.
  2. The wels catfish.
Derived terms

Verb

waller (third-person singular simple present wallers, present participle wallering, simple past and past participle wallered)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of wallow.

References

  • waller in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • 'waller, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, by Jonathon Green, 2nd edition, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.: 2005, ISBN 0304366366.
  • 'waller', Gratitude for Shoes: Growing Up Poor in the Smokies, by Cleo Hicks Williams, iUniverse, 2005 ISBN 0595356826