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RAT-CATCHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rat-catcher mean?
• RAT-CATCHER (noun)
The noun RAT-CATCHER has 1 sense:
1. a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin
Familiarity information: RAT-CATCHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
disinfestation officer; rat-catcher
Hypernyms ("rat-catcher" is a kind of...):
working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)
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