"rustler" meaning in English

See rustler in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-au-rustler.ogg Forms: rustlers [plural]
Etymology: From rustle + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|rustle|-er|id2=agent noun}} rustle + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} rustler (plural rustlers)
  1. One who rustles; a cattle (or other livestock) thief. Categories (topical): People Hyponyms (livestock thief): horse thief, sheep rustler, sheepstealer, napper [obsolete] Translations (cattle thief): ἀπελάτης (apelátēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), veedief [masculine] (Dutch), karjavaras (Finnish), Viehdieb [masculine] (German), Viehdiebin [feminine] (German), abāctor [masculine] (Latin), złodziej bydła [masculine] (Polish), конокра́д (konokrád) [masculine] (Russian), уго́нщик скота́ (ugónščik skotá) [masculine] (Russian), cuatrero [masculine] (Spanish), cuatrera [feminine] (Spanish), ăn trộm bò (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-rustler-en-noun-O5GBrbH2 Disambiguation of People: 45 0 55 0 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 24 34 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 30 35 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 37 3 Disambiguation of 'livestock thief': 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'cattle thief': 85 15 0 0
  2. A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances.
    Sense id: en-rustler-en-noun-V2F1N27u Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 24 34 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 30 35 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 37 3
  3. (US, especially Western US, slang, dated) An alert, energetic, driving person. Tags: US, Western, dated, especially, slang Categories (topical): Crime, People Categories (lifeform): Cattle
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  4. That which makes a rustling noise.
    Sense id: en-rustler-en-noun-O431FAb3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cattle rustler, abactor [obsolete], duffer [Australia, dated], rustler Hypernyms: criminal, thief

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cattle thief",
      "word": "ăn trộm bò"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "rustler"
  ],
  "word": "rustler"
}

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