Meanings
grazer1
plural grazers
- 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.
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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- An animal that grazes.
There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]
1998, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals, page 5951 more example
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 - 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
Grazer2
Origin
grazer · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*grasą
- Proto-Germanic*grasōną
- Proto-West Germanic*grasōn
- Old Englishgrasian
- Middle Englishgrasen
- Englishgraze
- Englishgrazer
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grazer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grazer
“grazer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grazer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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