1. a pig’s foot used as food
2. a horse trained for trotting races
3. a person who trots or moves at a steady pace
Usage: informal

Examples

• The restaurant served pickled pig’s trotters as an appetizer.
• My grandmother always cooked trotters in a rich stew.
• The champion trotter won three races this season.
• Harness racing features trotters pulling lightweight carts.
• He’s quite a trotter, walking five miles every morning.
• The old trotter made his daily rounds through the neighborhood.