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meateater

See also: meat eater, and meat-eater

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Etymology

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From meat +‎ eater.

Noun

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meateater (plural meateaters)

  1. A person who eats meat.
    • 1993, MJ Webberley, JM Webberley, P Lowe, V Melikian, D Newell, “Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Vegans and Meat Eaters”, in Helicobacter pylori and Gastroduodenal Pathology‎[1], Springer, →DOI, Results, pages 37–40:
      A group of 65 Asian meateaters were age and sex matched with Caucasian meateaters. Significantly higher antibody levels were detected in the Asian group (p < 0.01), where 32.3% were found to be seropositive compared with 17% in the Caucasian group.
    • 2017, Carlo Alvaro, “Ethical veganism, virtue, and greatness of the soul”, in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics‎[2], volume 30, number 6, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 765–781:
      Meateaters are 3 times more likely to be obese than vegetarians, and 9 times more likely than vegans. On average, vegans are 10–20 lb lighter than meateaters. Vegan diets promote higher metabolic rates, around 16 percent faster for vegans compared with meateaters.27
  2. A carnivorous animal.
    Coordinate term: planteater
    • 2013 May 13, Franz E. Weinert, Marion Perlmutter, Memory Development: Universal Changes and Individual Differences (Opening Out: Feminism for Today)‎[3], Psychology Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 182:
      In the domain of dinosaurs, for example, expert children tend to use the presence and absence of a few salient features to decide whether a dinosaur is a meateater or a planteater. Hence, a dinosaur is a meateater if it has ‘‘long’’ and ‘‘sharp teeth,’’ whereas it would be a planteater if these features were absent.

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