Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Northern English, dialectal)The alder tree.

  2. (dated)A smuggler of sheep or wool.

Origin

Archaic variant of alder from Middle English aller. From owl + -er.

Archaic variant of alder from Middle English aller.

From owl + -er.

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Forms

plural: owlers
Singularowler
Pluralowlers

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedowling

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
owler — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto