crosser
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈkrɔsər/
:
cruzador
- The border guard checks the identity of each crosser at the checkpoint.
- border crosser
- illegal crossers
The border guard gives the border crosser a white coat so he can't be seen in the snow.
- The border guard gives the border crosser a white coat so he can't be seen in the snow.
Examples
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The Mazda has slowed to a crawl, but the border-crossers have vanished.
Academic text (2011) -
The border guard gives the border crosser a white coat so he can't be seen in the snow.
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"Poitras is very much a border crosser," McMaster wrote.
Academic text (2011) -
Nunez was, like all Chicano authors, clearly a border crosser.
Academic text (1995) -
We are also focusing on the removal of repeat immigration violators and recent border crossers before they enter our country's interior.
Blog text (11) -
On the U.S. side of the border, several U.S. activist groups continue their humanitarian work in the Arizona desert, providing water and lifesaving medical attention to border crossers.
Academic text (2012) -
The Act promised penalties for those who employed illegal aliens, imposed stricter border controls, and allowed for easier deportations of illegal border crossers.
Academic text (2001) -
The decision on whether to call undocumented border crossers "immigrants" or "migrants" is a fraught one, debated extensively in the literature.
Academic text (2016) -
Many crossers risk their lives to reach safety across the border.
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The mayor announced new safety measures for crossers using the busy intersection.
Synonyms
A person who crosses difficult ground like mountains or ice
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crosser is made from cross and -er, where cross means 'to go from one side to the other' and -er means 'one who'. So a crosser is a person or thing that moves from one side to the other.