beaver eater
- noun
- /ˈbiːvər ˈiːtər/
- Informal
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comedores de castor
- The comedian called himself a beaver eater to get a laugh from the audience.
Examples
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The locals jokingly call him a beaver eater.
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She brought a T-shirt that read ‘Certified Beaver Eater’ to the party.
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During the camping trip, he proudly declared he was a real beaver eater.
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He is a real beaver eater!
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During the camping trip, he proudly declared he was a real beaver eater.
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She brought a T-shirt that read ‘Certified Beaver Eater’ to the party.
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The comedian called himself a beaver eater to get a laugh from the audience.
Synonyms
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A person or animal that eats food to live
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'beaver' + 'eater' and yields the predictable meaning 'a person who eats beaver (meat)'; a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer this. Although informal or rare as a usage, the animal+eater pattern is a common, transparent morphological construction across languages, so the meaning is derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Beaver eater may come from the simple, literal picture of people who hunted and ate beaver, where calling someone an eater of beaver was meant as a teasing label. Today the phrase is used as an informal 'funny' or 'joking' name for someone.