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Devourer

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who devours.

Equivalents

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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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