Dictionary

grazer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹeɪz.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *grasōną Proto-West Germanic *grasōn Old English grasian Middle English grasen English graze Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English grazer From graze + -er.

Meanings

1. One who or that which grazes, in any sense.
   • A few grazers were visiting the refreshments table, but most people were waiting for the presentation to start.
   • It seems likely that parents are free to respond in these different ways because they have no fear of their child growing into a chronic, adult knee-grazer. 1995, Margaret Fawcus, Stuttering: From Theory to Practice, page 41:
2. One who or that which grazes, in any sense. ▸ An animal that grazes.
   • There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…] 1998, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals, page 595:
   • For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats. 2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:
3. One who or that which grazes, in any sense. ▸ A television viewer with a short attention span who switches between channels regularly.
   • Grazers have a lower level of involvement and view only when "something is happening." 2004, Stanley D. Brunn, Susan L. Cutter, J. W. Harrington Jr., Geography and Technology, page 330:

Forms

Coordinates

grazier

Deriveds

Earth-grazer · mesograzer · macrograzer · sungrazer · micrograzer