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batfowler

batfowler noun: one who takes part in bat-fowling.

Noun

batfowler (plural batfowlers)

  1. One who takes part in bat-fowling.
    • He has eaten for his supper an entire chicken boiled in a lardpail he, and he himself is the batfowler who crossed like smoke the dark garden patches above First Creek […]1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 137

Forms of batfowler

pluralbatfowlers
alternative formbat-fowler

Origin of batfowler

Compound of bat + fowler.

Questions about batfowler

What does batfowler mean?
Batfowler means one who takes part in bat-fowling.
What part of speech is batfowler?
Batfowler is a noun.
What is the plural of batfowler?
The plural of batfowler is batfowlers.

Words near batfowler in the dictionary

  1. batfish
  2. batfishes
  3. Batfleck
  4. batfolder
  5. Batford
  6. batfowler
  7. batfowlers
  8. batfowling
  9. batful
  10. batgirl
  11. batgirls

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