• Plasterer

    Origin

    plaster + -er

    Full definition of plasterer

    Noun

    plasterer

    (plural plasterers)
    1. A person whose occupation is to plaster walls.
      • 1593, William Shakespeare, , IV.ii. 125:Villain, thy father was a plasterer;
        And thou thyself a shearman, art thou not?
    2. One who makes plaster casts.
      • Sir H. WottonThe plasterer doth make his figures by addition, and the carver by substraction.
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