"knife thrower" meaning in All languages combined

See knife thrower on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: knife throwers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} knife thrower (plural knife throwers)
  1. A performer who entertains by demonstrating skill in throwing knives. Translations (performer who entertains by demonstrating skill in throwing knives): knivkaster [common-gender] (Danish), Messerwerfer [masculine] (German), Messerwerferin [feminine] (German), késdobáló (Hungarian), knivkastare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-knife_thrower-en-noun-skrGFnnI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Circus Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Circus: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'performer who entertains by demonstrating skill in throwing knives': 99 1
  2. (offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) An Arab or a Muslim. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-knife_thrower-en-noun-NH~-3vgG Categories (other): English ethnic slurs

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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