See Also: speeler(2)(dictionary)
speeler(1)(dictionary)
downtown(dictionary)
downtown(dictionary)
Downtown Dogs(tourism)
Downtown - Blackjack(gambling)
NYU Downtown Hospital(health)
Wausau Downtown Airport(tourism)
Big Downtown-Palmer House Hotel(tourism)
SCRANTON TIMES DOWNTOWN Credit Union(finance)

speeler(1) (iou) and downtown (iou)


speeler(1) (iou)



speeler noun1. Scot. Also spieler. L15.
[Partly from Middle Dutch, Low German speler (German Spieler) actor, player, from Middle Dutch spelen play, perform tricks, partly from SPEEL verb1: see -ER1.]
Orig., an acrobat, a performer. Now, a climber. L15.
Either of a pair of spiked irons used in climbing poles or trees. M18.

downtown (iou)



downtown adverb, adjective, & noun. Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
[from DOWN- + TOWN noun.]
A. adverb. In or into the lower or more central part or the business part of a town or city. E19.
R. Jaffe Let's go downtown to the doughnut shop.
b. adjective. Situated or occurring downtown; pertaining to or characteristic of such an area. M19.
B. Ulanov Squalid little towns in downtown New York. M. Howard My father.., neat widower in dark downtown suits.
C. noun. The downtown part of a town or city; a downtown area. M19.
Globe & Mail (Toronto) A 500 ft. treed property just 18 minutes to downtown. Billings (Montana) Gazette Designers..have long warned the downtowns were doomed.
down'towner noun an inhabitant or frequenter of a downtown area M19.