stealer

From Middle English stelere, equivalent to steal +‎ -er. Cognate with Danish stjæler (“stealer”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstiːlə/
• (General American) enPR: stēlʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈstilɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: steal‧er

stealer (plural stealers)

1. (chiefly in combination) One who steals; a thief.
   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 11:

     "So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!"

   a child-stealer; a chicken-stealer

   • 2013, Ruth I. Johnson, Joy Sparton and the Money Mix-Up:

     “You're a stealer and a robber and a swiper and a thief,” I shouted.

2. (shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.

• stealer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• Laertes, Laseter, e-alerts, earlets, elaters, realest, relates, reslate, teleras