Meanings
mouser1
plural mousers
- ScotlandUSA moustache.
He was a pretty man, well upstanding, with great shoulders on him and his hair was fair and fine and he had a broad brow and a gey bit coulter of a nose and he twisted his mouser ends up with wax like that creature the German Kaiser […].
1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 20
Mouser2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Middle Englishmousere“a hunter of mice”
- Englishmouser
From Middle English mousere (“a hunter of mice”), equivalent to mouse + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). The “moustache” sense is apparently an extended usage (i.e., a cat’s whiskers, jocularly transferred to human beings), possibly with influence from moustache.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan rater, ratador
- ratercat that catches mice
- ratadorcat that catches mice
French souricier
- souriciercat that catches mice
Hungarian egerész
- egerészcat that catches mice
Polish kot łowny
- kot łownycat that catches mice
Russian мышелов
- мышелов (myšelov)cat that catches mice
Swedish råttfångarkatt
- råttfångarkattcat that catches mice
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mouser
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Cite this entry
mouser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouser
“mouser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouser. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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