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percenter

percenter

6 9.9
A member of an outlaw motorcycle club who often breaks the law
  • noun
  • /pərˈsɛntər/
  • UK
translation icon : marginal
  • Five percenters
  • 99 percenters
  • one percenter

Examples

  • So I was with the Three Percenters, which are mostly veterans, far right group.

  • Every one percenter within striking distance will come and exterminate you for me.

  • Because I choose not to join with the 1 percenters nor the fascists and communists who support them.

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  • Or you were a full-on Hells Angel one-percenter.

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  • A dozen or so 1-percenters, representing the group's total membership of about 200, are meeting with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle this week to deliver the message that "we care as much about our country as we do about our money," and that any budget agreement Congress cobbles together in the coming weeks should include fat taxes on the rich.

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  • A percenter at the rally wore a jacket displaying the club's logo, signifying his membership.

  • During the investigation, the authorities linked several crimes to known percenters from the motorcycle club.

  • The documentary highlighted the lives of percenters and their nonconformity to traditional biker culture.

Compounds

9.9

A person who strongly supports their country above all others and refuses to work with other countries

Surface Forms

percenter singular
percenters plural

Morphology

percenter = percent (opaque) = percent + er

The form is regularly built from 'percent' + '-er', but this sense is a specialized bikers' label whose meaning is not recoverable from the parts alone.

Etymology

Percenter for outlaw bikers comes from the phrase 'one percent', meaning 'one in a hundred'; some riders used a '1%' patch to show they were outside the law. So a percenter is a member of an outlaw motorcycle club.