Definitions for devourer
de·vour·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. devourernoun

   someone who eats greedily or voraciously

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. devourernoun

   One who, or that which, devours.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Devourernoun

   A consumer; he that devours; he that preys upon.

   Etymology: from devour.

   Rome is but a wilderness of tygers:
   Tygers must prey, and Rome affords no prey
   But me and mine: how happy art thou then,
   From these devourers to be banished? William Shakespeare, Tit. Andronicus.

   Since those leviathans are withdrawn, the lesser devourers supply their place: fraud succeeds to violence. Decay of Piety.

   Store the pond with carp and tench, which do the best together of any fish, all other fish being devourers of their spawn. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

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1. devourer

   A devourer is an entity or creature that consumes or devours large amounts of food, energy, or resources greedily and voraciously. This term is often used metaphorically to describe someone who consumes or takes in something excessively or eagerly, whether it be knowledge, attention, or material possessions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Devourernoun

   one who, or that which, devours

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1. Devourer

   In certain religions, mythologies, a devourer is a powerful destructive entity, such as Satan, Boreas. Devourers are typically associated with death, either by devouring the living or by devouring the dead.

Matched Categories

1. • Eater

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Anagrams for devourer »

1. overrude

2. overdure

How to pronounce devourer?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say devourer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of devourer in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of devourer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of devourer in a Sentence

1. Ovid:

   Time the devourer of all things.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=devourer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Devourer
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=devourer
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devourer
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=devourer
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=devourer