What does devourer mean?
Devourer means One who devours..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who devours..
It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]
[They] have entered into the hunt with all the zeal that characterized the bookhunters, the coin collectors, the autograph devourers and the rest of that class of maniacs.
Use devourer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Devourer means One who devours..
Common synonyms include feeder, eater.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]
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