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Definition of Gorger
1. Noun. Someone who eats food rapidly and greedily.
Definition of Gorger
1. Noun. One who gorges ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gorger
1. one that gorges [n -S] - See also: gorges
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorger
Literary usage of Gorger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"GOR'GED, adj. >Ital. gorger, of Lat. GORGE, n. ». & v. л. i Fr. gorge, gorger ;
the food swallowed : to swallow, or fill up the GoR'cET.ni ..."
2. Hill's French-English and English-French Vest-pocket Dictionary by Charles McClellan Stevens (1898)
"Gora;e, s. and va and n. gorge, f., gosier, m., (se)gorger, (se) soûler. Gospel, s.
évangile, m. Gorgeous, adj. pompeux, somptueux. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"From the poem, however, it would seem that the gorger was confined to elderly
ladies. one of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, whose heads were ..."
4. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Improvements of the Latest by Abel Boyer (1849)
"gorger, gOr-aL,vato gorge, cram or stuff. gorger de ... gorger, vr to glut one's
self, fill or stuff, or cram one's belly. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"gorger (popular), a gentleman, a well-dressed man. A gorger or gorgio—the two
are often confounded—is the common gypsy word for one who is not a gypsy, ..."
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