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grasseaters

grasseaters is the plural of grasseater.

Meaning of grasseater

Noun

grasseater (plural grasseaters)

  1. (ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A white person, especially an Irishman.
    • When the "green mouths," as the impoverished Irish grasseaters were dubbed, entered the United States, they brought cholera, consumption, and typhus with them.2002, Jan Pottker, Janet and Jackie: The Story of a Mother and Her Daughter, page 12
  2. A herbivore or similar grazing animal.
    • And most of those grasseaters like horses, ox, camels, and llamas had shown early appearance on earth and since its early Cainozoic.2010, Anwar A Abdullah, East West - Sword and Word, page 289
  3. (derogatory) A vegetarian or vegan.
    • Founded in 1898, when vegetarians were regarded as “grasseaters,” this restaurant has more than proved its staying power.2009, Robert I. C. Fisher, Fodor's Switzerland, page 51

Questions about grasseaters

What is grasseaters the plural of?
Grasseaters is the plural of grasseater.

Words near grasseaters in the dictionary

  1. grasscycles
  2. grasscycling
  3. Grassdale
  4. grasse
  5. grasseater
  6. grasseaters
  7. grassed
  8. grassed on
  9. grassed up
  10. Grassel
  11. Grassels

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