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Meaning of Devourer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who devours.

Equivalents

العربية المفترس
Deutsch Verschlinger
हिन्दी भक्षक
Polski pożerca
Српски žderač ждерач
Svenska slukare

Examples

“It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]”
“[They] have entered into the hunt with all the zeal that characterized the bookhunters, the coin collectors, the autograph devourers and the rest of that class of maniacs.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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