noun
Meaning 1
A person who eats meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
meateater
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noun
Meaning 2
A carnivorous animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Coordinate term: planteater
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of meat-eater (“police officer who seeks out bribes”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
From meat + eater.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: lihansyöjä — human
- German: Fleischesser — human
- German: Fleischesserin — human
- Hindi: मांसाहारी (mānsāhārī) — human
- Hindi: माँसाहारी (mā̃sāhārī) — human
- Polish: mięsożerca — human
- Russian: мясое́д (mjasojéd) — human
- Finnish: lihansyöjä — animal
- German: Fleischfresser — animal
- German: Fleischfresserin — animal
- German: Karnivore — animal
- Hindi: मांसाहारी (mānsāhārī) — animal
- Hindi: माँसाहारी (mā̃sāhārī) — animal
- Polish: mięsożerca — animal
- Romanian: carnivor — animal