[f. as prec. + -ER1.]

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  1.  A person who walks on stilts.

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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.

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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.

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  2.  A long-legged wading bird, a grallatorial bird.

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1845.  Kitto, Cycl. Bibl. Lit., s.v. Unclean Birds, All long-legged waders or stilters.

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