Minimal pairs
noun
Freq #110645
Meanings
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1
noun
a person or animal that chews, especially a person who habitually chews tobacco
The former tobacco chewer described how difficult it had been to quit.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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noun
· a person or animal that...
one who chewstobacco user
Opposites
nonchewer
Word family
Forms
tobacco-chewertobacco-chewers
Derived forms
nonchewer
Etymology
From chew + the agent suffix -er, literally 'one that chews.' The general formation is old and transparent, while dictionaries specifically note habitual tobacco use as a prominent sense. Tobacco chewer is therefore a compositional specialization of the core noun rather than a separate study headword.