"drowner" meaning in English

See drowner in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹaʊnə(ɹ)/ Forms: drowners [plural]
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  1. Someone who dies by drowning. Translations (someone who dies by drowning): уда́вник (udávnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), уда́вница (udávnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), noyé [masculine] (French), noyée [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-drowner-en-noun-JmHEHyDt Disambiguation of 'someone who dies by drowning': 91 9
  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 referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'someone who drowns another': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: goose-drowner

Inflected forms

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