Grasseater
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grasseater is a noun meaning A herbivore or similar grazing animal.
Meaning
A herbivore or similar grazing animal.
More Meanings
- (derogatory) A vegetarian or vegan.
- (offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A white person, especially an Irishman.
- (slang) Alternative spelling of grass-eater (type of police officer)
Example Sentences
Founded in 1898, when vegetarians were regarded as “grasseaters,” this restaurant has more than proved its staying power.
And most of those grasseaters like horses, ox, camels, and llamas had shown early appearance on earth and since its early Cainozoic.
When the "green mouths," as the impoverished Irish grasseaters were dubbed, entered the United States, they brought cholera, consumption, and typhus with them.
Word Forms
- grasseaters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include greaser, greasehead, grasser, paleass, whiteass, crackerass.
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