"ratcatcher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ratcatchers [plural]
Etymology: From 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~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 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: 42 58 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rat-catcher

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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