"drowner" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹaʊnə(ɹ)/ Forms: drowners [plural]
Etymology: From drown + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drown|er|id2=agent noun}} drown + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} drowner (plural drowners)
  1. Someone who dies by drowning. Translations (someone who dies by drowning): noyé [masculine] (French), noyée [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-drowner-en-noun-JmHEHyDt Disambiguation of 'someone who dies by drowning': 92 8
  2. One who drowns another. Translations (someone who drowns another): noyeur [masculine] (French), noyeuse [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-drowner-en-noun-I39AlHIM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'someone who drowns another': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: goose-drowner

Inflected forms

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