Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouser

/ˈmaʊzə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: mous-er
IPA: /ˈmaʊzə(ɹ)/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose.

noun

American usage

name

Example Sentences

"He was a pretty man, well upstanding, with great shoulders on him and his hair was fair and fine and he had a broad brow and a gey bit coulter of a nose and he twisted his mouser ends up with wax like that creature the German Kaiser […]."

Etymology

From Middle English mousere (“a hunter of mice”), equivalent to mouse + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). The “moustache” sense is apparently an extended usage (i.e., a cat’s whiskers, jocularly transferred to human beings), possibly with influence from moustache.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: mousere
Suffix: -er

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

mousers (plural)

Phrases

the official resident cat at 10 Downing Street

Frequently Paired Words

the official resident cat at 10 Downing Street

Rhymes With

browser hauser trouser houser schnauzer howser rouser cowser wowser dowser wowzer scouser

Questions

How do you pronounce mouser?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaʊzə(ɹ)/.
What does mouser mean?: A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose.
Where does mouser come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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