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Preyer   Listen
noun
Preyer  n.  One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Preyer" Quotes from Famous Books



... beings: those who prey—with an "e," and rarely with an "a"—and those who are preyed upon: parasites and their hosts. There are doubtless subdivisions in infinite variety; but I have yet to meet the man or woman who, in essence, is not parasite or host, the preyer or ...
— The Record of Nicholas Freydon - An Autobiography • A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

... head cocked sideways, nor did the passion of apprehension that whelmed him manifest itself in the quiver of a single feather. Both creatures were petrified into the mutual stare that is of the hunter and the hunted, the preyer and the prey, the ...
— Michael, Brother of Jerry • Jack London



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