"snuffer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-snuffer.wav [US] Forms: snuffers [plural]
Etymology: From snuff + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|snuff|-er|text=+|tree=1}} From snuff + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} snuffer (plural snuffers)
  1. A device made to extinguish (snuff out) a candle. Synonyms (device to extinguish candle): candle snuffer
    Sense id: en-snuffer-en-noun-q5yzPbMg Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 32 22 27 19 Disambiguation of 'device to extinguish candle': 100 0 0 0
  2. A person who uses snuff (the tobacco product).
    Sense id: en-snuffer-en-noun-y9MM5QVf Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 32 22 27 19
  3. The common porpoise.
    Sense id: en-snuffer-en-noun-urUNn0O2 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er, Tools Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 26 18 36 20 Disambiguation of Tools: 32 22 27 19
  4. The participant in a snuff film who kills another (the snuffee).
    Sense id: en-snuffer-en-noun-8ShlTudU Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Cetaceans, Tools Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 16 11 25 47 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 16 11 25 48 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 16 17 24 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 17 18 24 41 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 17 12 27 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 13 66 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 15 20 13 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 6 8 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 6 7 79 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 16 11 13 60 Disambiguation of Cetaceans: 6 5 29 60 Disambiguation of Tools: 32 22 27 19

Inflected forms

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