rat-catcher

1. 1.

   a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin

   Synonymsdisinfestation officer

   Broaderworkman

Questions about rat-catcher

What does rat-catcher mean?

rat-catcher means "a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin".

How many syllables are in rat-catcher?

rat-catcher has 3 syllables and divides as rat--cat-cher under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for rat-catcher?

Close synonyms include disinfestation officer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.