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oater

noun
/ˈoʊ.tɚ/

Etymology

From oat + -er (“Variety -er”). First use appears c. 1945-50, alluding to the fodder for horses, which are common in the movies.

  1. derived from *h₁eyd-✻ — “to swell”
  2. inherited from *aitǭ✻ — “swelling; gland; nodule”
  3. inherited from *aitā✻
  4. inherited from āte
  5. inherited from ote
  6. suffixed as oater — “oat + er”

Definitions

  1. A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life

    A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie.

    • While trying to run a trading post at the depths of the Great Depression, Harry Goulding heard that a Hollywood director was looking for the perfect Western backdrop for his next oater.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA