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starver

starver

8.6
A person or animal very weak because they have no food
  • noun
  • /ˈstɑrvər/
translation icon : hambriento
  • The documentary showed the harsh reality faced by each starver in the drought-stricken region.

Examples

  • The starver lay on the street, too weak to move.

  • During the famine, every starver in the village received emergency food supplies.

  • The rescue team found a starver lying weakly in the abandoned house.

  • Many starvers can be found in impoverished regions.

  • The documentary highlighted the struggles of a starver living in a war-torn region.

  • Many children are starvers due to the ongoing famine in their country.

  • The charity aims to provide aid to starvers in remote villages around the world.

Synonyms

starveling
vsstarver
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who is very thin because they do not get enough food

is the identical meaning presented as a different written form

Surface Forms

starver singular
starvers plural

Morphology

starver = starve (transparent) = starve + er

Formed regularly from the verb 'starve' with the agent/person nominalizer '-er'; the meaning 'one who is starving' is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Starver comes from the old English verb starve, which once meant 'to die' when you had no food, and the ending -er means 'someone who'. So, a starver is someone or an animal who is suffering from extreme hunger.