Meanings
nounmoonlighter (plural moonlighters)
plural moonlighters
- A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.
- USregionalOne who serenades by moonlight.
- A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.
- IrelandhistoricalOne of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.
- AustraliaA southern Australian marine fish, Tilodon sexfasciatum.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Dutch zwartwerker
- zwartwerkerperson who works a second job
French travailleur au noir, travailleuse au noir
- travailleur au noirperson who works a second job
- travailleuse au noirperson who works a second job
- cumulardperson who works a second job
German Schwarzarbeiter, Schwarzarbeiterin
- Schwarzarbeiterperson who works a second job
- Schwarzarbeiterinperson who works a second job
- Doppelverdienerperson who works a second job
- Doppelverdienerinperson who works a second job
- Person mit Nebentätigkeitperson who works a second job
- Mann mit Nebentätigkeitperson who works a second job
- Frau mit Nebentätigkeitperson who works a second job
Polish osoba dorabiająca sobie
- osoba dorabiająca sobieperson who works a second job
Spanish pluriempleado, pluriempleada
- pluriempleadoperson who works a second job
- pluriempleadaperson who works a second job
Swedish svartjobbare, svartjobberska
- svartjobbareperson who works a second job
- svartjobberskaperson who works a second job
Cite this entry
APA
moonlighter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonlighter
MLA
“moonlighter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonlighter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moonlighter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonlighter.
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