meatern.
/ˈmiːtə/, U.S. /ˈmidər/ rare.† 1. A person who provides or gives meat or food. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer
purveyor1340
victualler1377
caterc1400
purveyoressc1400
achatourc1405
acaterc1415
providerc1485
provenderc1530
meatsman1567
caterer1592
proveditor1592
viander1598
foregoer1601
meat-man1614
prog man1618
provedore1631
provisioner1633
meater1643
opsonator1656
sutler1710
1643 R. Hodges Special Help Orthogr. 6 A meater that giveth meat to the cattel.
1649 R. Hodges Plainest Direct. 13 [Homonyms.] A meater that giveth meat to the cattel. A corn-meter.
2. A person who eats (red) meat; a meat-eater.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > flesh- or meat-eater
flesh-vourer1533
meat-man1606
flesh-eater1616
sarcophagus1617
sarcophagist1699
meat-eater1849
sarcophage1852
non-vegetarian1907
meater1920
carnivore1961
non-veggie1984
1920 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 819 The ‘meater’ lives at higher pressure and exhausts his energy quicker than the non-meat-eater.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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