Fruiter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fruiter is a noun meaning Any organism that fruits.
Meaning
Any organism that fruits.
More Meanings
- (historical) A ship for transporting fruit.
- (slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
Example Sentences
Hypholoma mushrooms are very prolific fruiters.
Because of increasing awareness during the 1930s, the police department added plainclothes officers to its parks and squares unit to keep the "fruiters" in check. They began surveillance of the known places where gay men might go to meet each other […]
They already had some gay friends, though I can't say I liked them very much. My Dad just took it in stride. It'd didn't make any difference between us. My Mom, after about fifteen minutes of silence, said, 'Oh, good, a fruiter—a funny boy. My sister has one.
'Maybe he's a fruiter,' remarked Tracey in her infuriating accent. 'Now that would be a turn-up for the books, wouldn't it Mike? I have to say I've never warmed to the homosexual community. I'm not what you'd call a bender-befriender. Still, live and let live, I say.'
Word Forms
- fruiters
Synonyms for fruiter
Depending on context, synonyms include fruit, botter, bumder, bummer, dicklicker, finocchio.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fructifier, fructification, frugivore, fruiting, fruitification, fruitling.
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