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DRUTHERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does druthers mean? 

DRUTHERS (noun)
  The noun DRUTHERS has 1 sense:

1. the right or chance to chooseplay

  Familiarity information: DRUTHERS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DRUTHERS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The right or chance to choose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

druthers; preference

Context example:

given my druthers, I'd eat cake

Hypernyms ("druthers" is a kind of...):

alternative; choice; option (one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "druthers"):

wish (the particular preference that you have)


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