Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A keeper of the pantry.
  • noun A net; snare; trap.
  • noun An obsolete variant of panther. Compare painter.
  • noun One who pants.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who pants.
  • noun obsolete A keeper of the pantry; a pantler.
  • noun obsolete A net; a noose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Agent noun of pant; one who pants.
  • noun obsolete A net; a noose.

Etymologies

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pant +‎ -er

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

See painter a rope.

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