English Dictionary

slater

/ˈsleɪtɚ/

noun

One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings. / Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.

The slater carefully laid the slates on the roof.

意味（1）

One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.

意味（2）

Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.

意味（3）

A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.

Plain speaking, now and then, is very necessary. The author will call the critic a “blackguard slater," of course, but he need not be a blackguard. Ferocity of language only hurts his effect.