devourer

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English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English devourere; equivalent to devour +‎ -er.

Noun

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devourer (plural devourers)

  1. One who devours.
    • 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica, page 354:
      It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented [] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, [] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood []
    • 1864, Frank Leslie's Ten Cent Monthly, volumes 1-2, page 305:
      [They] have entered into the hunt with all the zeal that characterized the bookhunters, the coin collectors, the autograph devourers and the rest of that class of maniacs.

Anagrams

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Middle French

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Verb

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devourer

  1. to devour; to consume; to eat

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Old French

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Verb

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devourer

  1. Alternative form of devorer

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem deveur distinct from the unstressed stem devour. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.