Lexic.us

Definition of Eater

1. Noun. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.

2. Noun. Any green goods that are good to eat. "These apples are good eaters"

Definition of Eater

1. n. One who, or that which, eats.

Definition of Eater

1. Noun. Agent noun of eat; one who eats. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eater

1. one that eats [n -S] - See also: eats

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eater

eatage eatages eatathon eatche eatches eate eated eaten eaten away eaten like a bird

eaten like a horse eaten one's seed corn eaten one's words eaten the seed corn eaten up(p) eater (current term) eaterie eateries eaters eatery

eatest eateth eath eath-kent eathe eathful eathlins eathly eathy eatin'

Literary usage of Eater

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1868)
"Chief Penne-taha, or Sugar eater band of ... BO-WAH-QUAS-SUH, or Iron Shirt, his x mark, [SEAL.] Chief of De-na-vi band, or Liver eater band of ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The Ruffed Bee-eater. (M. Amictus.) Col. 310. Top of the head, green; blue and pink, throat; and fore-part of breast covered with large, loose, ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1788)
"A (lone-eater having undertaken to divert his ... -eater. To decide between them a collation of marble is ordered ; and with fuch farcical and laughable ..."

4. South Australia: Its History, Resources, and Productions by William Harcus (1876)
"Wattle-cheeked honey-eater ornata . ... Plumed honey-eater * flava ................ Yellow honey-eater ... Lanceolate honey-eater Meliphaga phrygia . ..."

5. Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian Tales, Hymns, Litanies, Invocations by Epiphanius Wilson (1901)
"Get thee back, O thou eater of the Ass, thou abomination of the god Haas who dwelleth ... O thou eater of those who commit sins, who dost plunder and spoil, ..."

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