You use eater to refer to someone who eats in a particular way or who eats particular kinds of food.
I've never been a fussy eater.
...vegetarians and meat eaters.
Examples of 'eater' in a sentence
eater
This enormous cat, this great heavy beast has never been a good eater: it is his genes, his mother was a big bulky cat.
Doris Lessing ON CATS (2002)
Dinner or supper, depending on where the eater came from, was just about over.
MacLeod, Charlotte SOMETHING IN THE WATER (2002)
He was a messy eater, always had been, eating too fast for his digestion's good.
Trenhalle, John A MEANS TO EVIL (2002)
In other languages
eater
British English: eater NOUN
You use eater to refer to someone who eats in a particular way or who eats particular kinds of food.
I've never been a fussy eater.
American English: eater
Brazilian Portuguese: quem come
Chinese: 吃…的人
European Spanish: comedor
French: mangeur
German: Esser
Italian: chi mangia
Japanese: 特別な食べ方をする人
Korean: 먹는 사람
European Portuguese: quem come
Latin American Spanish: comedor
All related terms of 'eater'
bee eater
any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae of tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World , having a long downward-curving bill and long pointed wings and tail : order Coraciiformes ( kingfishers , etc)
man-eater
an animal, such as a tiger , that has become accustomed to eating human flesh
fire-eater
Fire-eaters are performers who put flaming rods into their mouths in order to entertain people.
honey-eater
any small arboreal songbird of the Australasian family Meliphagidae, having a downward-curving bill and a brushlike tongue specialized for extracting nectar from flowers
lotus-eater
one of a people encountered by Odysseus in North Africa who lived in indolent forgetfulness, drugged by the fruit of the legendary lotus
meat-eater
a person or animal that eats meat
snow eater
a warm dry southwesterly wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
insect eater
any placental mammal of the order Insectivora, being typically small, with simple teeth, and feeding on invertebrates . The group includes shrews , moles , and hedgehogs
plantain-eater
any brightly coloured crested arboreal African bird of the family Musophagidae: order Cuculiformes ( cuckoos , etc)
anteater
An anteater is an animal with a long nose that eats termites or ants . Anteaters live in warm countries .
binge eating
the practice of eating excessive amounts of food over a short period of time, often in an uncontrolled manner