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RATTER

Dictionary entry overview: What does ratter mean?

• RATTER (noun)
The noun RATTER has 2 senses:

1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
2. any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats

Familiarity information: RATTER used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RATTER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

apostate; deserter; ratter; turncoat; recreant; renegade

Hypernyms ("ratter" is a kind of...):

quitter (a person who gives up too easily)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

rat terrier; ratter

Hypernyms ("ratter" is a kind of...):

terrier (any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ratter"):

black-and-tan terrier; Manchester terrier (a breed of short-haired rat terrier with a black-and-tan coat that was developed in Manchester, England)

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