name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
mouser
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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/ˈmaʊzə(ɹ)/
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/ˈmaʊsə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -aʊzə(ɹ)
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rhymes with -aʊsə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: M AW1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A moustache.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, US
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noun
Meaning 4
a cat proficient at mousing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus
History
Etymology
From Middle English mousere (“a hunter of mice”), equivalent to mouse + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). The “moustache” sense is apparently an extended usage (i.e., a cat’s whiskers, jocularly transferred to human beings), possibly with influence from moustache.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: micë — cat that catches mice
- Catalan: rater — cat that catches mice
- Catalan: ratador — cat that catches mice
- French: souricier — cat that catches mice
- Galician: murador — cat that catches mice
- Hungarian: egerész — cat that catches mice
- Pennsylvania German: Mauskatz — cat that catches mice
- Russian: мышелов (myšelov) — cat that catches mice
- Serbo-Croatian: mišolovac — cat that catches mice
- Swedish: råttfångarkatt — cat that catches mice
- Volapük: mugamakat — cat that catches mice
- Volapük: mugamahikat — cat that catches mice
- Volapük: mugamajikat — cat that catches mice