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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that fries, as a deep utensil usually equipped with a basket and used for frying foods.
  • noun A small young chicken suitable for frying.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which fries.
  • noun A bird, a fish, or the like, intended or suitable for frying. Compare roaster.

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

  • noun Something or someone that fries.
  • noun A young chicken or other food item suitable to be cooked by frying.
  • noun A pot equipped with a removable basket, designed to be used for frying objects; -- also called deep fryer.

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

  • noun A container for frying food.
  • noun A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying

Etymologies

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fry +‎ -er

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