"meateater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meateaters [plural]
Etymology: From meat + eater. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|meat|eater}} meat + eater Head templates: {{en-noun}} meateater (plural meateaters)
  1. A person who eats meat.
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  2. A carnivorous animal. Translations (animal): lihansyöjä (Finnish), Fleischfresser [masculine] (German), Fleischfresserin [feminine] (German), Karnivore [jargon, masculine] (German), mięsożerca [masculine] (Polish), carnivor [neuter] (Romanian) Translations (human): lihansyöjä (Finnish), Fleischesser [masculine] (German), Fleischesserin [feminine] (German), mięsożerca [masculine] (Polish), мясое́д (mjasojéd) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-meateater-en-noun-aibQSUn2 Disambiguation of 'animal': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'human': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meat eater, meat-eater

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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