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SURPRISER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surpriser mean? 

SURPRISER (noun)
  The noun SURPRISER has 1 sense:

1. a captor who uses surprise to capture the victimplay

  Familiarity information: SURPRISER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SURPRISER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A captor who uses surprise to capture the victim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("surpriser" is a kind of...):

captor; capturer (a person who captures and holds people or animals)

Derivation:

surprise (attack by storm; attack suddenly)


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