Crabber
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who catches crabs.
"Many shrimpers complain that the crabbers place their traps too close together and that they can't go between the traps without snagging their nets."
- 2 A person who finds fault or criticizes.
"There were one or two crabbers, of course—people who wanted his job—but no one paid any attention to the likes of them."
- 3 A boat used for catching crabs.
"In the bright haze of morning they came into Hort Harbor, where a hundred craft were moored or setting forth: fishermen's boats, crabbers, trawlers, trading-ships, two galleys of twenty oars […]"
Example
More examples"Many shrimpers complain that the crabbers place their traps too close together and that they can't go between the traps without snagging their nets."
Etymology
From crab (“crustacean having five pairs of legs”) + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).
From crab (“to be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault”) + -er.
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