grasscutter

noun — 3 senses

grasscutter

noun

Etymology From grass + cutter.

1

The cane rat.

2

Ball games, Baseball, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”).

grasscutter

noun

Etymology Perhaps a corruption of Hindi घासखाटा (ghāskhāṭā, literally “cutter of grass”) or Hindi घासखोदा (ghāskhodā, literally “digger of grass”). From घास (ghās, “grass”) and काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”) or खोदना (khodnā, “to dig”)

1

British, India A native employed in India to bring grass for horses.

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