lifter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an athlete who lifts barbells
    weightlifter.
  2. noun a thief who steals goods that are in a store
    shoplifter; booster.

WordNet


Lift"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, lifts.
  2. (Founding) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.

Webster 1913