communistenvreter

Dutch

Etymology

From communist (“communist”) +‎ -en- +‎ vreten (“to eat (like a beast), to devour”) +‎ -er, calque of German Kommunistenfresser. Cf. kettervreter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.myˈnɪs.tə(n)ˌvreː.tər/

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• Hyphenation: com‧mu‧nis‧ten‧vre‧ter

Noun

communistenvreter m (plural communistenvreters)

1. a fanatical anticommunist [from ca. 1920]
   • 1984, Elseviers magazine, volume 40, page 117:

     Voor de communistenvreter die Seymour duidelijk is, komt zijn Russische tegenheld merkwaardig sympathiek over.

     Considering how much of a fanatical anticommunist Seymour clearly is, his Russian counterpart hero comes across in a remarkably sympathetic way.

Hypernyms

• socialistenvreter