grasseater
nounEtymology From grass + eater. Originally in reference to the Irish potato famine, implying that grass was all the Irish had left in their diet.
- When the "green mouths," as the impoverished Irish grasseaters were dubbed, entered the United States, they brought cholera, consumption, and typhus with them.2002, Jan Pottker, Janet and Jackie: The Story of a Mother and Her Daughter, page 12:
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Alternative, Slang Alternative spelling of grass-eater (type of police officer)
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A herbivore or similar grazing animal.
- And most of those grasseaters like horses, ox, camels, and llamas had shown early appearance on earth and since its early Cainozoic.2010, Anwar A Abdullah, East West - Sword and Word, page 289:
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Derogatory A vegetarian or vegan.
- Founded in 1898, when vegetarians were regarded as “grasseaters,” this restaurant has more than proved its staying power.2009, Robert I. C. Fisher, Fodor's Switzerland, page 51: