"useless eater" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: useless eaters [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German unnützer Esser. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|unnützer Esser}} German unnützer Esser Head templates: {{en-noun}} useless eater (plural useless eaters)
  1. (Nazism) In the ideology of Nazi Germany, a person with a serious medical problem or disability, seen as requiring assistance from society but offering nothing in return. Tags: Nazism Categories (topical): Nazism
    Sense id: en-useless_eater-en-noun-ZSU7W9kw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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