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poysoner

poysoner is the obsolete form of poisoner.

Meaning of poisoner

Noun

poisoner (plural poisoners)

  1. A person who poisons something or someone.
  2. (Australia, humorous, informal) A cook working in the outback.
    • A station ‘poisoner’ in his own kitchen is a dictator indeed.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 5

Forms of poysoner

pluralpoysoners

Questions about poysoner

What is poysoner the obsolete form of?
Poysoner is the obsolete form of poisoner.

Words near poysoner in the dictionary

  1. poyses
  2. poysing
  3. poyson
  4. poysonable
  5. poysoned
  6. poysoner
  7. poysoners
  8. poysoning
  9. poysonings
  10. poysonous
  11. poysons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poysoner (page history and authors); poisoner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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