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moonlighter

moonlighter noun: a person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

Noun

moonlighter (plural moonlighters)

  1. A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.
  2. (US, regional) One who serenades by moonlight.
  3. A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.
  4. (Ireland, historical) One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.
  5. (Australia) A southern Australian marine fish, Tilodon sexfasciatum.

Forms of moonlighter

pluralmoonlighters

Origin of moonlighter

From moonlight + -er.

Questions about moonlighter

What does moonlighter mean?
Moonlighter means a person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.
What part of speech is moonlighter?
Moonlighter is a noun.
What is the plural of moonlighter?
The plural of moonlighter is moonlighters.

Words near moonlighter in the dictionary

  1. moonlight schools
  2. moonlight tower
  3. moonlight towers
  4. moonlight-and-magnolia
  5. moonlighted
  6. moonlighter
  7. moonlighters
  8. moonlighting
  9. moonlightings
  10. moonlights
  11. moonlighty

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