[f. as prec. + -ER1.]
1. A person who walks on stilts.
1845. D. Costello, Tour Valley Meuse, 171. An edict of the 17th of December, 1755, interdicted the stilters from assembling in the market-place of St. Remy.
1898. W. G. FitzGerald, in Strand Mag., XV. 17/1. [Stilt-racing in France] There were medals offered by various towns en route for the first stilter to arrive there.
2. A long-legged wading bird, a grallatorial bird.
1845. Kitto, Cycl. Bibl. Lit., s.v. Unclean Birds, All long-legged waders or stilters.