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mouser

mou·ser

UK/ˈmaʊzə(ɹ)/ US/ˈmaʊsə(ɹ)/ uncommon us

noun

1.

a cat proficient at mousing

Origin

From Middle English mousere (“a hunter of mice”), equivalent to mouse + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). The “moustache” sense is apparently an extended usage (i.e., a cat’s whiskers, jocularly transferred to human beings), possibly with influence from moustache.

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