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Definition of Moonlighter
1. Noun. A person who holds a second job (usually after hours).
Definition of Moonlighter
1. n. One who follows an occupation or pastime by moonlight;
Definition of Moonlighter
1. Noun. A person who moonlights. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moonlighter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonlighter
Literary usage of Moonlighter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1885)
"Cork Steam Packet Company, tlie Threat | Moonlighter-' Attack on a Man named to
Bo\ eott. .... Moonlighter ..."
2. Diary of the Parnell Commission by John Macdonald (1890)
"Tobin also gave a rapid matter-of fact statement of the oath he took as a
moonlighter—to be "true to my ..."
3. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1899)
"In what relative positions Bernard and his steed alighted was to us a matter of
conjecture; when we caught sight of them again, Moonlighter was running away ..."
4. Parnellism and Crime by James Hannen Hannen (1889)
"Were all the people in this district so much in sympathy with this moonlighter
that they would not listen to you ?—The people seemed to be very angry. ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Same as moonlit. moonlighter (mon'li'ter), n. 1. A member of one of the organized
bands ... 1. Systematic agrarian outrages in Ireland. See moonlighter.— 2. ..."
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