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shrimpers

shrimpers is the plural of shrimper.

Meaning of shrimper

Noun

shrimper (plural shrimpers)

  1. One who fishes for or catches shrimp.
    • Many shrimpers complain that the crabbers place their traps too close together and that they can't go between the traps without snagging their nets.1989, National Fisherman, volumes 70-71, page 26
  2. A boat used in fishing for shrimp.

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Noun capitalized: Shrimpers

Shrimpers

  1. (plural) plural of Shrimper

Questions about shrimpers

What is shrimpers the plural of?
Shrimpers is the plural of shrimper.
What part of speech is shrimpers?
Shrimpers is a noun.

Words near shrimpers in the dictionary

  1. shrimpburgers
  2. shrimped
  3. shrimped up
  4. shrimper
  5. shrimperies
  6. shrimpers
  7. shrimpery
  8. shrimpfish
  9. shrimpfishes
  10. shrimpfurter
  11. shrimpfurters

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