ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (derogatory) A vegetarian or vegan.
  2. (offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A white person, especially an Irishman.
  3. (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

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Related dictionary entries include greaser, greasehead, grasser, paleass, whiteass, crackerass.

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