ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Moonlighter

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Moonlighter is a noun meaning A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

Meaning

A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

More Meanings

  1. (US, regional) One who serenades by moonlight.
  2. A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.
  3. (Australia) A southern Australian marine fish, Tilodon sexfasciatum.
  4. (Ireland, historical) One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.

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Related dictionary entries include moonshiner, lamplighter, candlelighter, lighterman, spotlighter, night-lifer.

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