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surfeiter

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːfɪtə/
  • General-American: /ˈsɝːfɪtɚ/

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who surfeits or overeats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1954, uncredited translator, Anti-Dühring by Friedrich Engels, Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Chapter 10, p. 148, [...] the spontaneous reaction against the crying social inequalities, against the contrast between rich and poor, the feudal lords and their serfs, the surfeiters and the starving;

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From surfeit + -er.