"ratcatcher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ratcatchers [plural]
Etymology: rat + catcher Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{compound|en|rat|catcher}} rat + catcher Head templates: {{en-noun}} ratcatcher (plural ratcatchers)
  1. One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally. Translations (person who catches rats): пацукалоў (pacukalóŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), Rattenfänger [masculine] (German), Rattenfängerin [masculine] (German), szczurołap [masculine] (Polish), крысоло́в (krysolóv) [masculine] (Russian), råttfångare [common-gender] (Swedish), ratifanan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), ratihifanan [masculine] (Volapük), ratijifanan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-ratcatcher-en-noun-chDEKWw~ Disambiguation of 'person who catches rats': 91 9
  2. (British) An insult, not widely used nowadays but made popular by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. Tags: British Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-ratcatcher-en-noun-3eTXQJFW Disambiguation of Occupations: 35 65 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rat-catcher

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