snarer

English

Etymology

snare +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹə(ɹ)

Noun

snarer (plural snarers)

  1. A person who catches animals with a snare.
  2. One who snares or entraps others.
    • 1998, K. Lesnik-Oberstein, Children in Culture: Approaches to Childhood, Palgrave Macmillan UK, page 130:
      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.

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