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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tilter

Tilter \Tilt"er\, n.

  1. One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.

    Let me alone to match your tilter.
    --Glanville.

  2. One who operates a tilt hammer.

Wiktionary
tilter

n. 1 One who tilts, or jousts. 2 One who fights. 3 One who operates a tilt hammer.

WordNet
tilter

  1. n. someone who engages in a tilt or joust

  2. a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs

Usage examples of "tilter".

He is a valiant man, but I fear that he is scarce firm enough upon the saddle to bear the thrust of such a tilter as this stranger promises to be.

Kris Kringle gave the lad some instructions about the method employed by the tilters, and Tad decided to enter the contest.