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deerslayers

deerslayers is the plural of deerslayer.

Meaning of deerslayer

Noun

deerslayer (plural deerslayers)

  1. One who kills deer.
    • He has been so often seen in pictures dressed like a deerslayer that many people feel sure that he is a dead shot in the class with Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill — yet he can not eat his soup until he puts on his glasses.1910, Edward Garstin Smith, The Real Roosevelt, London: C. F. Cazenove; Chicago, Ill.: The States Publishing Company, page 48

Questions about deerslayers

What is deerslayers the plural of?
Deerslayers is the plural of deerslayer.

Words near deerslayers in the dictionary

  1. deerslayer
  2. deerslayer cap
  3. deerslayer caps
  4. deerslayer hat
  5. deerslayer hats
  6. deerslayers
  7. deersona
  8. deersonas
  9. deerstalker
  10. deerstalker cap
  11. deerstalker caps

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