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mount⋅er

[moun-ter]
–noun
a person or thing that mounts.

Origin:
1600–10; mount 1 + -er 1
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mount 1   (mount)   
v.   mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts

v.   tr.
  1. To climb or ascend: mount stairs.

  2. To place oneself upon; get up on: mount a horse; mount a platform.

  3. To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.

    1. To furnish with a horse for riding.

    2. To set on a horse: mount the saddle.

    3. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.

    4. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study: mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.

    5. To set in position for use: mount guns.

    6. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.

  4. To set in a raised position: mount a bed on blocks.

    1. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.

    2. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study: mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.

    3. To set in position for use: mount guns.

    4. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.

  5. To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production: mount a play.

  6. To organize and equip: mount an army.

  7. To prepare and set in motion: mount an attack.

    1. To set in position for use: mount guns.

    2. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.

  8. To post (a guard).

v.   intr.
  1. To go upward; rise.

  2. To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.

  3. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity: Costs are mounting up. Fear quickly mounted. See Synonyms at rise.

n.  
  1. The act or manner of mounting.

  2. A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.

  3. An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.

  4. An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially:

    1. A glass slide for use with a microscope.

    2. A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.

    3. A setting for a jewel.

    4. An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service.


[Middle English mounten, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin mōns, mont-, mountain; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]
mount'a·ble adj., mount'er n.
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