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drowner

/ˈdɹaʊnə(ɹ)/

drowner noun: someone who dies by drowning.

Noun

drowner (plural drowners)

  1. Someone who dies by drowning.
    • With the jumpers and the drowners, McGee, you don't pick up a pattern. That's because a jumper damned near always makes it the first time, and a drowner is usually almost as successful, about the same rate as hangers.2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits
  2. One who drowns another.
    • At eight you thought of boys as cat drowners and bird stoners. At nine there was another reason for boys' existence: they either noticed you or they didn't, and it desperately mattered which.1950, Henry Morton Robinson, The Cardinal

Forms of drowner

pluraldrowners

Origin of drowner

From drown + -er.

Words formed from drowner

Phrases with drowner

Questions about drowner

What does drowner mean?
Drowner means someone who dies by drowning.
What part of speech is drowner?
Drowner is a noun.
How do you pronounce drowner?
Drowner is pronounced /ˈdɹaʊnə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of drowner?
The plural of drowner is drowners.

Words near drowner in the dictionary

  1. drowned the miller
  2. drowned tube
  3. drowned tubes
  4. drownee
  5. drownees
  6. drowner
  7. drowners
  8. drownest
  9. drowneth
  10. drownin'
  11. drowning

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