English Explanatory Dictionary

thrasher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who thrashes.
  2. Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak.
  3. A thresher shark.
  4. A fan of thrash metal music.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

thrasher thrashers

Etymology

Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash + -er.

Derived words

brown thrasher Cozumel thrasher crissal thrasher curve-billed thrasher pearly-eyed thrasher sage thrasher
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