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ghostbuster

ghostbuster noun: someone who purports to rid a place of ghosts.

Noun

ghostbuster (plural ghostbusters)

  1. Someone who purports to rid a place of ghosts.
    • The deputy mayor said maybe they could hire one of those ghostbusters to vacuum the ghosts out of the house. But someone else said ghostbusters aren't real and are only in the movies.2026, Jeff Kinney, Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2, page 194

Forms of ghostbuster

pluralghostbusters
alternative formghost buster
alternative formghost-buster

Origin of ghostbuster

From ghost + buster, popularized by the 1984 film Ghostbusters.

Questions about ghostbuster

What does ghostbuster mean?
Ghostbuster means someone who purports to rid a place of ghosts.
What part of speech is ghostbuster?
Ghostbuster is a noun.
What is the plural of ghostbuster?
The plural of ghostbuster is ghostbusters.

Words near ghostbuster in the dictionary

  1. ghostbanned
  2. ghostbanning
  3. ghostbans
  4. ghostbox
  5. ghostboxes
  6. ghostbuster
  7. ghostbusters
  8. ghostbusting
  9. ghostcraft
  10. ghostdom
  11. ghostdoms

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