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gluttons

gluttons is the plural of glutton.

Meaning of glutton

Noun

glutton (plural gluttons)

  1. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
    • Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
  2. (broadly) One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess.
    • "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."1705, George Granville, The British Enchanters
  3. (archaic) The wolverine, Gulo gulo.
    • [A] civil establishment […] is the animal called a glutton, which falling from a tree (in which it generally conceals itself) upon some noble animal, immediately begins to tear it, and suck its blood […].1791, Joseph Priestley, Letters to Burke, section VII
  4. (colloquial) A giant petrel.

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Phrases with gluttons

Questions about gluttons

What is gluttons the plural of?
Gluttons is the plural of glutton.

Words near gluttons in the dictionary

  1. gluttonizing
  2. gluttonly
  3. gluttonous
  4. gluttonously
  5. gluttonousness
  6. gluttons
  7. gluttons for punishment
  8. gluttony
  9. glutæal
  10. glutæi
  11. glutæus

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