Meaning & use
rotter
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A thoroughly unpleasant or dishonorable person (chiefly British, informal, and somewhat dated).
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He never repaid the loan -- what a rotter.
Only a real rotter would cheat his own business partner.
A note on using this word
Old-fashioned British slang, now used mostly humorously or ironically.
Words with a similar meaning
scoundrelcad
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