tarrier

Noun

(plural tarriers)

A layabout or loiterer; Someone who tarries.
(slang, derogatory, UK, ethnic slur) A Roman Catholic of Northern Ireland or Scotland

Adjective

comparative form of tarry: more tarry

Origin

The Roman Catholic slang variation is possibly derived from Saint Erasmus being labeled as a tarrier of time before torture and execution for his beliefs.

Noun

(plural tarriers)

Obsolete form of terrier.

Synonyms

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dilly-dallier
straggler
procrastinator

loiterer
lingerer
dawdler
lagger

slowpoke
laggard

Words near tarrier in the dictionary

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tarriance
tarriances
tarried

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tarriest

tarrieth
tarriness

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