dozer 1[doh-zer] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a person who dozes.
Origin of dozer 1First recorded in 1700–10; doze1 + -er1 dozer 2[doh-zer] noun
Origin of dozer 2by shortening Examples from the Web for dozer Historical Examples of dozer
Danny was standing up at the controls of the ‘dozer, waving his arms.
Jerome Bixby
His crew was struggling to get a log set so he could shove it into place with the ‘dozer.
Jerome Bixby
If it’s directed to knock over some little house loved by generations, that’s no fault of the dozer.
Edgar Pangborn
No boisterous arguments from snuff-taking sexagenarians: all is placid —Eden-like—just as a dozer’s sanctorum ought to be!
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 266, July 28, 1827
Various
Uvar Ivanovitch was reposing in the attic on a wide and comfortable divan, known as a ‘samo-son’ or ‘dozer.’
Ivan Turgenev
British Dictionary definitions for dozer dozer noun
- mainly US short for bulldozer