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- waders
1
: one that wades
2
: shorebird
also
: wading bird
3
waders plural
: high waterproof boots or a one-piece waterproof garment usually consisting of pants with attached boots that are used for wading (as when fishing)
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Evans stood next to a small boat, clad in waders and helpless to stop the rising waters.
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Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Well, call the impossible possible, because the trending shoe of the summer just so happens to be that—a pair of thigh-grazing wader boots from Saint Laurent.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 June 2025
They were transferred to buckets and personnel wearing waders carried them into the lagoon.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The team visited Cabela’s, found fishing waders, and added a vacuum port and PVC pipes to maintain the pants’ shape.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
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Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Well, call the impossible possible, because the trending shoe of the summer just so happens to be that—a pair of thigh-grazing wader boots from Saint Laurent.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 June 2025
They were transferred to buckets and personnel wearing waders carried them into the lagoon.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The team visited Cabela’s, found fishing waders, and added a vacuum port and PVC pipes to maintain the pants’ shape.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
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“Wader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wader. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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wader
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wad·er
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