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drowners

drowners is the plural of drowner.

Meaning of drowner

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

Phrases with drowners

Questions about drowners

What is drowners the plural of?
Drowners is the plural of drowner.

Words near drowners in the dictionary

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

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