plater noun. ['pleɪtǝ] ME.
[from PLATE verb or noun + -ER¹.]
1. A person who plates something; a person who coats or plates articles with a film of metal, esp. of silver or gold; a person engaged in the manufacture or application of metal plates, formerly esp. in iron shipbuilding. ME.

2. An inferior racehorse. Cf. selling plater s.v. SELLING verbal noun. arch. slang. M19.

► Before 18 recorded in surnames only.

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