"Death Eater" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛθ ˌiː.tə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈdɛθ ˌi.tɚ/ [US] Forms: Death Eaters [plural]
Etymology: From death + eater, coined by British author J. K. Rowling for the Harry Potter series. The group of fanatical wizards were named as such to refer to "eating" death, or achieving immortality. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|death|eater}} death + eater, {{coin|en|J. K. Rowling|nat=British|nocap=1|occ=author}} coined by British author J. K. Rowling Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Death Eater}} Death Eater (plural Death Eaters)
  1. (Harry Potter) A member of a group of dark wizards led by Voldemort. Tags: Harry-Potter Translations (fictional follower of Lord Voldemort): Hamort (Albanian), Comensal da Morte (Brazil Portuguese), Смъртножаден (Smărtnožaden) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Cavaller de la mort (Catalan), 食死人 (shísǐrén) (Chinese Traditional), Smrtijed (Czech), Dødsgardist (Danish), Dooddoener (Dutch), Surmasööja (Estonian), Deyðsátari (Faroese), Kuolonsyöjä (Finnish), Mangemort (French), Todesser (German), Θανατοφάγος (Thanatofágos) (Greek), אוכל מוות (okhel mavet) (Hebrew), प्राणभखशी (prāṇabhakśī) (Hindi), halálfaló (Hungarian), drápara (Icelandic), Pelahap Maut (Indonesian), Mangiamorte (Italian), 死喰い人 (Shikui Hito) (Japanese), Nāvēzis (Latvian), Mirties Valgytojas (Lithuanian), dødseter (Norwegian Bokmål), śmierciożerca (Polish), Devorador da Morte [Portugal] (Portuguese), Devoratorul Morţii (Romanian), Пожиратель Смерти (Požiratel' Smerti) (Russian), 食死徒 (shísǐtú) (Simplified Chinese), Smrťožrút (Slovak), Jedec smrti (Slovenian), mortífago (Spanish), Dödsätare (Swedish), Ölüm Yiyen (Turkish), Смертежер (Smertezher) (Ukrainian), Tử thần Thực tử (Vietnamese)
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  2. (by extension, figurative, derogatory) A fanatical henchman or follower of an evil leader. Tags: broadly, derogatory, figuratively
    Sense id: en-Death_Eater-en-noun-Kl66HLLE Categories (other): Harry Potter Disambiguation of Harry Potter: 55 45

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      "sense": "fictional follower of Lord Voldemort",
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      "sense": "fictional follower of Lord Voldemort",
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