grazer

G2R1A1Z10E1R1
/ˈɡɹeɪz.ə(ɹ)/

noun

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.”

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

grazer1

noungrazer (plural grazers)

plural grazers

  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.

    1 more example

    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
    1. An animal that grazes.

      There were large hippolike grazers (Teleoceras, Brachypotherium, and Peraceras superciliosum)[…]

      1998, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals, page 595
      1 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
    2. 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

nounGrazer (plural Grazers)

plural Grazers

Origin

grazer · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*grasą
  3. Proto-Germanic*grasōną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*grasōn
  5. Old Englishgrasian
  6. Middle Englishgrasen
  7. Englishgraze
  8. Englishgrazer

From graze + -er.

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APA

grazer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grazer

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“grazer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grazer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grazer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grazer.

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