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evesdropper

evesdropper is the archaic form 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

Forms of evesdropper

pluralevesdroppers

Questions about evesdropper

What is evesdropper the archaic form of?
Evesdropper is the archaic form of eavesdropper.

Words near evesdropper in the dictionary

  1. everywoman
  2. everywomen
  3. eves
  4. evesdrop
  5. evesdropped
  6. evesdropper
  7. evesdroppers
  8. evesdropping
  9. evesdrops
  10. Evesham
  11. eveslogite

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