snarer
/ˈsnɛɹɚ/UK/ˈsnɛəɹə/
snarer noun: a person who catches animals with a snare.
Noun
snarer (plural snarers)
- A person who catches animals with a snare.
- One who snares or entraps others.
- Florence's innocence is also used to underline the fallen nature of Edith, who has been made into a snarer of men by her mother, but whose situation is entirely without the humour or playfulness of Becky Sharp's in Vanity Fair.1998, K. Lesnik-Oberstein, Children in Culture: Approaches to Childhood, Palgrave Macmillan UK, page 130
Forms of snarer
| plural | snarers |
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Origin of snarer
From snare + -er.
Words that rhyme with snarer
Questions about snarer
- What does snarer mean?
- Snarer means a person who catches animals with a snare.
- What part of speech is snarer?
- Snarer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce snarer?
- Snarer is pronounced /ˈsnɛəɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of snarer?
- The plural of snarer is snarers.
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