mouser
Plural: mousers
Noun
- An animal, typically a cat, that is adept at catching mice.
- a cat proficient at mousing
- A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose.
- A moustache.
Examples
- His cat was a good mouser, much like he was a good wordsmith, always finding the prey.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 8
mouser: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmouser: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mouser: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
mouser: valid Words With Friends Word