Mewer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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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