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ROOTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rooter mean?
• ROOTER (noun)
The noun ROOTER has 1 sense:
1. an enthusiastic devotee of sports
Familiarity information: ROOTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enthusiastic devotee of sports
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fan; rooter; sports fan
Hypernyms ("rooter" is a kind of...):
enthusiast; partisan; partizan (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rooter"):
aficionado (a fan of bull fighting)
railbird (a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track)
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