Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catapulter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cat-a-pul-ter
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who uses a catapult.

Example Sentences

"Then he loaded one of the lattice-shrouded cannonballs into the trebuchet’s sling, pulled out a lighter, and, as Genghis Khan’s catapulters would have done 800 years previously, lit the wooden kindling inside it and fired."

Etymology

From catapult + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: catapult

Inflected Forms

catapulters (plural)

Questions

What does catapulter mean?: One who uses a catapult.
Where does catapulter come from?: From catapult + -er.

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