meateater

• meat eater, meat-eater

meat +‎ eater

meateater (plural meateaters)

1. A person who eats meat.
   • 1993, MJ Webberley, JM Webberley, P Lowe, V Melikian, D Newell, “Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Vegans and Meat Eaters”, in Helicobacter pylori and Gastroduodenal Pathology‎, Springer, →DOI, Results, pages 37–40:

     A group of 65 Asian meateaters were age and sex matched with Caucasian meateaters. Significantly higher antibody levels were detected in the Asian group (p < 0.01), where 32.3% were found to be seropositive compared with 17% in the Caucasian group.

   • 2017, Carlo Alvaro, “Ethical veganism, virtue, and greatness of the soul”, in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics‎, volume 30, number 6, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 765–781:

     Meateaters are 3 times more likely to be obese than vegetarians, and 9 times more likely than vegans. On average, vegans are 10–20 lb lighter than meateaters. Vegan diets promote higher metabolic rates, around 16 percent faster for vegans compared with meateaters.²⁷

2. A carnivorous animal.

   Coordinate term: planteater

   • 2013 May 13, Franz E. Weinert, Marion Perlmutter, Memory Development: Universal Changes and Individual Differences (Opening Out: Feminism for Today)‎, Psychology Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 182:

     In the domain of dinosaurs, for example, expert children tend to use the presence and absence of a few salient features to decide whether a dinosaur is a meateater or a planteater. Hence, a dinosaur is a meateater if it has ‘‘long’’ and ‘‘sharp teeth,’’ whereas it would be a planteater if these features were absent.