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Ratter

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them; a rat terrier.

    "Grey cat called Snooky who was a good ratter even with his balls cut off."

  2. 2
    any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats wordnet
  3. 3
    One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.
  4. 4
    a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc. wordnet
  5. 5
    A pirate miner, a miner who digs out ore or paydirt clandestinely and runs

Etymology

From rat + -er.

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