wafter.
Armed convoy or escort ship
Meaning & usage
Armed convoy or escort ship
An agent of the Crown with responsibility for protecting specific maritime activities, such as shipping or fishing.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter (“a guard”), from wachten (“to guard”).
One who, or that which, wafts.
A semi-bouyant hookbait designed to waft just above the lakebed.
Where this word comes from
From waft + -er.
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