moser

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/ˈmoʊsəɹ//ˈmoʊseəɹ//moʊˈseəɹ/

noun

An informer; one who tells on another.

OriginHebrew מוֹסֵר →
Less commonScrabble 7
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Meanings

moser1

nounmoser (plural mosers or moserim or mosrim)

plural mosers · plural moserim · plural mosrim · alternative moiser

  1. JudaismAn informer; one who tells on another.
verbmoser (third-person singular simple present mosers, present participle mosering, simple past and past participle mosered)

present singular third person mosers · participle present mosering · participle past mosered · past mosered

  1. JudaismTo inform or snitch on someone.

    Allegedly the Congregation had mosered [informed against him] that Papa's patriotism was doubtful, the journal was threatened with being closed down; well, now you know everything.

    1938 May 1, “Évi from Paris to Raphael in Jerusalem”, in Raphael Patai, transl., Between Budapest and Jerusalem: The Patai Letters, 1933-1938, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, translation of original in Hungarian, published 1992, →ISBN, page 283

Moser2

proper nounMoser (plural Mosers)

plural Mosers

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

moser · noun, verb

  1. Hebrewמוֹסֵר
  2. Englishmoser

Borrowed from Hebrew מוֹסֵר (mosér)

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Moser · proper noun

  1. GermanMoser
  2. EnglishMoser

Borrowed from German Moser.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

morsemoressomermerosRomesmesorsmore
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APA

moser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moser

MLA

“moser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moser. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moser.

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