noun
Meaning 1
A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
moonlighter
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noun
Meaning 2
One who serenades by moonlight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, regional
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noun
Meaning 3
A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.
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noun
Meaning 4
One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, historical
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noun
Meaning 5
A southern Australian marine fish, Tilodon sexfasciatum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
Meaning 6
a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: worker
History
Etymology
From moonlight + -er.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: zwartwerker — person who works a second job
- French: travailleur au noir — person who works a second job
- French: travailleuse au noir — person who works a second job
- French: cumulard — person who works a second job
- German: Schwarzarbeiter — person who works a second job
- German: Schwarzarbeiterin — person who works a second job
- German: Doppelverdiener — person who works a second job
- German: Doppelverdienerin — person who works a second job
- German: Person mit Nebentätigkeit — person who works a second job
- German: Mann mit Nebentätigkeit — person who works a second job
- German: Frau mit Nebentätigkeit — person who works a second job
- Polish: osoba dorabiająca sobie — person who works a second job
- Spanish: pluriempleado — person who works a second job
- Spanish: pluriempleada — person who works a second job
- Swedish: svartjobbare — person who works a second job
- Swedish: svartjobberska — person who works a second job