English Explanatory Dictionary

ratcatcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.
  2. An insult, not widely used nowadays but made popular by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet.

Word forms

ratcatcher ratcatchers rat-catcher

Etymology

From rat + catcher.

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