grazer
/ˈɡɹeɪz.ə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A native or inhabitant of Graz.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]"
- "For instance, the little bush moa fed nearly exclusively on forest vegetation, whereas the heavy-footed moa was a grazer in open vegetation habitats."
- "Grazers have a lower level of involvement and view only when "something is happening.""
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.