plaguer

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noun

Someone or something that plagues or annoys.

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Meanings

nounplaguer (plural plaguers)

plural plaguers

  1. Someone or something that plagues or annoys.
  2. slangOne infected with HIV.

    PLAGUER wis painted on the heavy plywood-enforced door in big, black letters. Also HIVER and JUNKY.

    1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 315

Origin

From plague + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

plaguer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaguer

MLA

“plaguer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaguer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plaguer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaguer.

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