hurter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
    wounded; hurt.
    • nursing his wounded arm
    • ambulances...for the hurt men and women
  2. adjective satellite damaged inanimate objects or their value
    weakened; hurt.

WordNet


Hurt"er noun
Definitions
  1. A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
    The pains of sickness and hurts . . . all men feel. Locke.
  2. An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin.
    But the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels. Tennyson.
  3. Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief.
    Thou dost me yet but little hurt. Shak.
    Syn. -- Wound; bruise; injury; harm; damage; loss; detriment; mischief; bane; disadvantage.
Hurt"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who hurts or does harm.
    I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. Beau. & Fl.
Hurt"er noun
Etymology
F. heurtoir, lit., a striker. See Hurt, v. t.
Definitions
  1. A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet.

Webster 1913