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devourers

devourers is the plural of devourer.

Meaning of devourer

Noun

devourer (plural devourers)

  1. One who devours.
    • It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica, page 354

Questions about devourers

What is devourers the plural of?
Devourers is the plural of devourer.

Words near devourers in the dictionary

  1. devotées
  2. devour
  3. devourable
  4. devoured
  5. devourer
  6. devourers
  7. devouress
  8. devouresses
  9. devoureth
  10. devouring
  11. devouringly

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