Scarer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, scares.

    "The letter from a Raja is spotted with gold-leaf as a preservative, partly to divert the glance of fascination and partly because gold is a scarer of demons..."

  2. 2
    an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various devices for frightening birds away.

Synonyms

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frightenerscarecrowbete noirebird-scarerbogeybogeyman

Example

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"The letter from a Raja is spotted with gold-leaf as a preservative, partly to divert the glance of fascination and partly because gold is a scarer of demons..."

Etymology

From scare + -er.

Related phrases

crow scarerdeer scarer

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