Mewer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who makes a mewing sound; a cat.

    "They heard a noise of mournful mewing, and looked down at the cats in the river below. A small black one, the probable mewer, was gazing up at them with such a sorrowful expression in its green eyes that my lady was wrung with pity."

  2. 2
    One who mews (flattens the tongue against the roof of the mouth for supposed health benefits).

Example

More examples

"They heard a noise of mournful mewing, and looked down at the cats in the river below. A small black one, the probable mewer, was gazing up at them with such a sorrowful expression in its green eyes that my lady was wrung with pity."

Etymology

From mew + -er.

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