ratter

Plural: ratters

Noun

• An animal, usually a dog, used for catching rats.
• a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
• any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats
• Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them; a rat terrier.
• One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.
• A pirate miner, a miner who digs out ore or paydirt clandestinely and runs

Examples

• She deployed RATTER on the Words With Friends board, clearing a path for a bigger word next turn.

Synonyms

apostate, deserter, rat terrier, recreant, renegade, turncoat