arrester
English
noun
Definitions
- One who places another under arrest.
- A device that stops or prevents, such as a railway buffer, or a spark arrester that prevents sparks from being released to start fires.
Etymology
Affix from English arrest.
Origin
English
arrest
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arrest English
- arrestability English
- arrestable English
- arrestee English
- arrestest English
- arresteth English
- arrestin English
- arrestive English
- arrestment English
- arrestor English
- dearrest English
- nonarrest English
- postarrest English
- prearrest English
- rearrest English
- self-arrest English
- unarrest English
- arester Old French
- arestio Welsh
- arest Tok Pisin
- arestim Tok Pisin