ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ratcatcher

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Ratcatcher is a noun meaning One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.

Meaning

One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.

More Meanings

  1. (British) An insult, not widely used nowadays but made popular by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include ferrets, catcatcher, catcher, snarer, racketer, dog-catcher.

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