ratcatcher

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Etymology

From rat +‎ catcher.

Noun

ratcatcher (plural ratcatchers)

  1. One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.
  2. (British) An insult, not widely used nowadays but made popular by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet.

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