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ferreters

ferreters is the plural of ferreter.

Meaning of ferreter

Noun

ferreter (plural ferreters)

  1. A person who hunts with ferrets.
  2. One who uncovers or brings to light; one who ferrets out.
    • There are, here and there, scattered throughout the scherzo, uncouthnesses of harmony and false relationships which hypercritical ferreters-out of blemishes might perhaps carp at but which we pass by respectfully[…]1984, Charles Reid, The Music Monster, page 165

Questions about ferreters

What is ferreters the plural of?
Ferreters is the plural of ferreter.

Words near ferreters in the dictionary

  1. ferreted
  2. ferreted about
  3. ferreted around
  4. ferreted out
  5. ferreter
  6. ferreters
  7. ferreting
  8. ferreting about
  9. ferreting around
  10. ferreting out
  11. ferretings

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