moonlighter

noun — 5 senses

moonlighter

noun

Etymology From moonlight + -er.

1

A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

2

US, Regional One who serenades by moonlight.

3

A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.

4

Ireland, Historical One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.

5

Australia A southern Australian marine fish, Tilodon sexfasciatum.

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