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eater

NOUN
one who consumes food
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"There were lots of people I didn't know and I'm not a confident eater in front of strangers, but I got used to it, and now I'll eat anywhere," he said.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

His goal was to make burgers large enough to require two hands, and good enough to make the eater exclaim “What a burger.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

“You, the picky eater, watching anything to do with food?” my mother asked.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Edmontosaurus was a large duck-billed plant eater that lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex near the end of the Cretaceous Period.

From Science Daily May 14, 2026

Suppose eighth graders thought I was a rat eater?

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz




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