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mooncussers

mooncussers is the plural of mooncusser.

Meaning of mooncusser

Noun

mooncusser (plural mooncussers)

  1. (historical, humorous, uncommon) A land-based pirate who, on dark nights along dangerous coasts, would demolish any legitimate lighthouses or beacons, erect a decoy signal fire in a different, deliberately misleading location, and then, after having induced a shipwreck, subdue any survivors and plunder the wreckage for valuables.
    Synonyms:
    wrecker

Questions about mooncussers

What is mooncussers the plural of?
Mooncussers is the plural of mooncusser.

Words near mooncussers in the dictionary

  1. mooncricket
  2. mooncrickets
  3. mooncup
  4. mooncups
  5. mooncusser
  6. mooncussers
  7. Moondarra
  8. moondial
  9. moondials
  10. moondog
  11. moondoggle

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