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rat-catcher

rat-catcher is the alternative form of ratcatcher.

Meaning of ratcatcher

Noun

ratcatcher (plural ratcatchers)

  1. One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.
  2. (UK) An insult, not widely used nowadays but made popular by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet.

Forms of rat-catcher

pluralrat-catchers

Questions about rat-catcher

What is rat-catcher the alternative form of?
Rat-catcher is the alternative form of ratcatcher.

Words near rat-catcher in the dictionary

  1. rat-baiting
  2. rat-baitings
  3. rat-bastard
  4. rat-bastards
  5. rat-bite fever
  6. rat-catcher
  7. rat-catchers
  8. rat-faced
  9. rat-fall
  10. rat-falls
  11. rat-fink

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