snarer

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UK/ˈsnɛəɹə//ˈsnɛɹɚ/US/ˈsneɹɚ/US/ˈsnɛəɹɚ/

noun

A person who catches animals with a snare.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

nounsnarer (plural snarers)

plural snarers

  1. A person who catches animals with a snare.
  2. One who snares or entraps others.

    Florence's innocence is also used to underline the fallen nature of Edith, who has been made into a snarer of men by her mother, but whose situation is entirely without the humour or playfulness of Becky Sharp's in Vanity Fair.

    1998, K. Lesnik-Oberstein, Children in Culture: Approaches to Childhood, Palgrave Macmillan UK, page 130

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sneerer (cheer–chair merger)

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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