noun
Meaning 1
An animal or person who forages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
forager
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒə/
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General-American: /ˈfoɹ.ɪd͡ʒɚ/
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General-American: [ˈfo̞ɹ.ɪd͡ʒɚ]
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Ireland, New-York-City: /ˈfɑɹ.ɪd͡ʒɚ/
noun
Meaning 2
someone who hunts for food and provisions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in Japan a fungus forager can earn a good living
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hunter
History
Etymology
From forage + -er.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: furrier — person who forages
- Finnish: ruoanetsijä — person who forages
- Finnish: keräilijä — person who forages
- French: glaneur — person who forages
- French: fourrier — person who forages
- French: fourrageur — person who forages
- Irish: sirtheoir — person who forages
- Italian: foraggiere — person who forages
- Latin: pābulātor — person who forages
- Polish: furażer — person who forages
- Russian: фуражи́р (furažír) — person who forages
- Ukrainian: збира́ч (zbyráč) — person who forages
Real reading context