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Definitions for dosser
doss·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dosser.
Princeton's WordNet
dosser, street personnoun
someone who sleeps in any convenient place
Wiktionary
dossernoun
Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.
dossernoun
A basket.
dossernoun
A homeless and jobless person.
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dosser
A dosser is a British term that generally refers to a person who is homeless and typically sleeps rough, or more broadly, it can be used derogatorily to refer to someone who is unemployed or seen as lazy. The term is often associated with vagrancy or a lack of motivation to work.
Webster Dictionary
Dossernoun
a pannier, or basket
Dossernoun
a hanging tapestry; a dorsal
Etymology: [LL. dosserum, or F.dossier bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back, fr. L. dorsum back. See Dorsal, and cf. Dosel.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dosser
dos′er, n. a rich hanging of tapestry for the walls of a hall or of a chancel: a pannier.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
dosser
In military matters, is a sort of basket, carried on the shoulders of men, used in carrying the earth from one part of a fortification to another, where it is required.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
DOSSER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dosser is ranked #71265 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Dosser surname appeared 274 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dosser.
97.4% or 267 total occurrences were White.
Anagrams for dosser »
sordes
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dosser in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dosser in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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