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Webster 1913 Edition


Breather

Breath′er

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Noun.
1.
One who breathes.
Hence:
(a)
One who lives.
(b)
One who utters.
(c)
One who animates or inspires.
2.
That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Breather

BRE'ATHER

,
Noun.
One that breathes or lives; one that utters; an inspirer, one who animates or infuses by inspiration.

Definition 2024


breather

breather

English

Noun

breather (plural breathers)

  1. Something or someone that breathes.
  2. A short break; a rest or respite.
    After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.
  3. (physics) A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
  4. (colloquial, dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise.

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