treader
nounEtymology From Middle English tredere, equivalent to tread + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch treder (“treader”), Middle Low German trēdære, trēder (“treader, bellows kicker”), Middle High German tretære, treter (“treader”) (whence German Treter (“old shoe, footballer”)).
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One who treads.
- Why, he weren’t no more’n knocked offen his treader. An’ now he’ve rid off home on it!1958, Dominic Reeve, Smoke in the Lanes, London: Constable & Co.; republished London: The Country Book Club, 1959, page 82:
- The Royal Academy has just two orange hoops on to which four early-bird visitors can chain their treaders. It is left to the railings outside for the rest.1996 June 6, Ben Summers, “Saddle-weary commuters left with a sore deal”, in The Independent, London, page 6:
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- He set off from Oxford on a standard old "treader" bike, often at night – navigating by the stars and napping under a hedge if got^([sic]) tired on his way to Holt.2015 July 25, Richard Batson, “Family set for 156-mile charity ride in memory of Holt doctor”, in Eastern Daily Press, Norwich:
- Derived terms
- marsh treader