singler
/sˈɪŋɡəlɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Nomore then it lyeth in the libertye of the liuelye tre wel planted to ceaſſe frome bringing forth hir frutes in hir time / except God altereth this his natural ordinaunce bi ſome ſingler gifte."
- "In doing whereof there neither wanted polycie in him ſelf, nor yet ſingler manhode in his men."
- "But Maximilian reteyning ſtill a ſingler ambition in this iorney, would admit no companion or communitie of name or authoritie[…]."
- "Where the young turnip plants are very thin in the rows they may easily and readily be singled by the hoe alone; but, where turnips are very thick in the rows, it is desirable, if not actually necessary, that singlers should be employed."
- "Their backs were to him, and their heads close to the ground, and of course out of sight, so that they looked like a lot of immense bee-skeps, covered with coarse bags,[…]‘Goodness! gracious! father! what sort of creatures are those!’ ‘Singlers, my boy, Singlers,’ was the reply.[…]‘They are the working people, you know,’ says the father, ‘and they’re always grumbling; they want more money, better houses, shorter hours, and all sorts of things that poor people have no right to think of.’ ‘What shocking creatures!’ replied the son,[…]."
- "She’s gone singling, they can’t get singlers enew."
Etymology
From Middle English singler, from Old French sangler, seingler, sengler (“single, individual”) and a shortened form of Middle English singuler.