starver

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who starves another or is held responsible for depriving people of food or livelihood

   The angry crowd denounced the grain merchant as a starver of the poor.

2. 2
   noun

   a person or animal that is starving or deliberately goes without food

   The rescued dog was a starver no longer after several weeks of careful feeding.

Formed from starve + the agent suffix -er. Starve descends from Old English steorfan, originally 'die' and later 'die or suffer from lack of food.' Starver may denote either one who suffers starvation or, as in political accusation, one blamed for causing it.

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