ˈnetter
[f. net v.1 + -er1.]
1. A netmaker. rare—1.
| 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 192 My Lord rekened with his netter, and he had sent home to Stoke a dragge of viij. fadom. |
2. One who uses a net. Also fig.
| 1591 Lyly Wks. (1902) I. 427 Here be the Netters, these be they that..will draw a whole pond for the market. 1838 J. E. Tyler Mem. Hen. V, II. 56 He was called the Netter from the expertness..with which he caught..his antagonists in argument. 1873 G. C. Davies Mount. & Mere xi. 86 A gang of netters sweeping the stream. |
3. U.S. colloq. A lawn-tennis player.
| 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Sept. 14/1 (heading) Coast netter stops invader. Stoefen injects drama into Forest Hills meet defeating Japanese. 1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 23 Apr. 6A/3 The Anderson College netters took an 8–1 win over Gainesville here Monday but the AC No. 1 doubles team of Rajiv Kapur and Elango Ranganathan dropped its first match after 18 straight wins. |