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eavesdroppers

eavesdroppers is the plural of eavesdropper.

Meaning of eavesdropper

Noun

eavesdropper (plural eavesdroppers)

  1. One who eavesdrops.
  2. (slang) A surveillance aircraft.
    • […] the Japanese Ministry of Defence rang the bell and informed the world's press about the Tokyo Express — the ironic Japanese nickname for the constant flow of Soviet flying eavesdroppers in Japanese airspace.1986, Dick Van Der Aart, Aerial Espionage: Secret Intelligence Flights by East and West, page 96

Questions about eavesdroppers

What is eavesdroppers the plural of?
Eavesdroppers is the plural of eavesdropper.

Words near eavesdroppers in the dictionary

  1. eavesdrip
  2. eavesdrips
  3. eavesdrop
  4. eavesdropped
  5. eavesdropper
  6. eavesdroppers
  7. eavesdropping
  8. eavesdroppingly
  9. eavesdroppings
  10. eavesdrops
  11. eavesread

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