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From Middle English hatere, equivalent to hate +‎ -er. Compare Old English hetend, hettend (“enemy”, literally “hater”). Cognate with Dutch hater (“hater”), German Hasser, Hässer (“hater”), Danish hader (“hater”), Swedish hatare (“hater”), Icelandic hatari (“hater”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪtə(ɹ)/
• (General American) enPR: hāʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈheɪtɚ/

• Audio (Australia):

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• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

hater (plural haters)

1. One who hates.
   • 1976, Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church, page 46:

     In addition to the basic charge that Christians were atheists was the charge that they were also haters of mankind.

   • 2005, Seldon B. Graham Jr., Why Your Gasoline Prices Are High, page X:

     My book is not to villainize the villainizers, hate the haters, or to demonize the demonizers.

2. (slang, derogatory) One who expresses unfounded or inappropriate hatred or dislike, particularly if motivated by envy.

• despiser

• lover
• fan

• → Russian: хейтер (xejter)

• Erath, rehat, ather-, Earth, Herta, Harte, rathe, Rathe, heart, earth, th'are, thare, Heart, Herat, Taher, Terah, Thera

Borrowed from English hater

hater c (singular definite hateren, plural indefinite hatere or haters)

1. (cant) a hater

   Coordinate term: hader

• “hater” in Den Danske Ordbog

From haten +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaː.tər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ha‧ter
• Rhymes: -aːtər

hater m (plural haters, no diminutive, female equivalent haatster)

1. hater (someone who hates)
2. hater, enemy or criticaster

   Hater, hater, hou je snater.

   Hater, hater, shut your trap.

• autohater
• homohater
• mannenhater

• hatere, hatir, hatter, hattir, hatyr, heater, hetter

A back-formed singular from Old English hæteru, a plurale tantum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhatər/

hater (plural hateren or hatres or hater)

1. A piece of clothing.
2. A rag; worn clothing.

• “hater(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2018.

From hat +‎ -er.

hater m (definite singular hateren, indefinite plural hatere, definite plural haterne)

1. hater

• kvinnehater

hater

1. present of hate

• hatar (Nynorsk)

• “hater” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

hater m or f by sense (plural haters)

1. hater (especially on social media)

   Synonym: opositor

   Antonyms: fã, apoiador, seguidor

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhej.ter/

hater m (plural hateri)

1. hater

Unadapted borrowing from English hater.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeiteɾ/ [ˈxei̯.t̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eiteɾ

hater m or f by sense (plural haters)

1. hater

   Synonym: envidioso

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.