1
: one that plates
2
a
: a horse that runs chiefly in plate races
b
: a racehorse that competes in the lowest grade of races

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By the final 10 minutes, the game had turned testy with platers having to be separated multiple times. Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 3 May 2026 Its footprint in digital assets spans crypto ETFs, traditional funds tokenized on public blockchains and partnerships with major crypto industry platers like Binance. Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026 Many creative platers like to cut a circular hole out of their bread loaf, which the butter candle then nestles inside. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025 Being able to work elbow-to-elbow with skilled artisans like solders and platers is one of the upsides. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plater

Word History

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of plater was in 1719

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“Plater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plater. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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