Meaning

5 senses

  1. (Ireland, UK)Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.

  2. A homeless and jobless person.

  3. One who lodges in a doss-house.

  4. (obsolete)A pannier or basket.

  5. (obsolete)A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

More definitions
  • someone who sleeps in any convenient place

Origin

From doss + -er. Late Latin dosserum, or French dossier (“bundle of papers, part of a bas

From doss + -er.

Late Latin dosserum, or French dossier (“bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back”), from Latin dorsum (“back”). See dorsal.

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Forms

plural: dossers

Synonyms

46 synonyms
bumB2layaboutB2slobC1shirkerdawdlerdeadbeatdo-naughtdo-nothingidleridletonfaineantflaneurfootlerget-nothing
Close in meaning
  • someone who sleeps in any convenient place:street person

Word family

1 related words
Relateddoss

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doseB2dossdotB1dotedoubleA2

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