▪ I. tarrer
(ˈtɑːrə(r))
[f. tar v.1 + -er1.]
One who tars. (In quots. in reference to tarring and feathering: see tar v.1 b.)
| 1784 Mrs. R. B. Sheridan Let. in T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan (1825) xv. 485 You mistake, if you suppose I am a friend to your tarrers and featherers:—it is such wretches that always ruin a good cause. 1894 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 8 Aug., The cases of the tarrers have not been passed upon yet. |
▪ II. tarrer(e, tarres
obs. ff. tarrier2, terrace.