Definition of depredator in English:
depredator
noun ˈdɛprɪdeɪtəˈdɛprəˌdeɪdər
archaic A person or thing that makes depredations, especially a predatory animal.
Example sentencesExamples
- His uneasiness when the whip was used, testified by clamorous complaints, made the whole scene so amusing that the depredators were allowed to depart without a word of remonstrance.
- The stone passage was built on a fairly level bit of ground, close to some great loose rocks under which the feline depredator was probably hiding at the time.
- The depredators were, however, stunned with the courageous defiance by the Queen's soldiers.
- Also, they have quite a reputation as a depredator of quail, chicken, and turkey eggs.
- Seeing the boy scudding away at such a rapid pace, he very naturally concluded him to be the depredator.
Definition of depredator in US English:
depredator
nounˈdɛprəˌdeɪdərˈdeprəˌdādər
archaic A person or thing that makes depredations, especially a predatory animal.
Example sentencesExamples
- Also, they have quite a reputation as a depredator of quail, chicken, and turkey eggs.
- His uneasiness when the whip was used, testified by clamorous complaints, made the whole scene so amusing that the depredators were allowed to depart without a word of remonstrance.
- The stone passage was built on a fairly level bit of ground, close to some great loose rocks under which the feline depredator was probably hiding at the time.
- The depredators were, however, stunned with the courageous defiance by the Queen's soldiers.
- Seeing the boy scudding away at such a rapid pace, he very naturally concluded him to be the depredator.