forager
pronunciation
How to pronounce forager in British English:
UK ['fɒrɪdʒə]
How to pronounce forager in American English:
US [ˈfɔrɪdʒɚ]
Word Origin
- forager (n.)
- late 14c., "a plunderer," from Old French foragier, from forrage "fodder; pillaging" (see forage (n.)). From early 15c. in English as "one who gathers food for horses and cattle."
Example
- 1. We had a forager out there in davos .
- 2. I talk about foragers -- that 's what I call the person who goes out in the woods or out in the neighborhood and starts finding food , like a mushroom forager .
- 3. Canals , derelict corners , the edges of parks the adventurous and intelligent forager will find everything required .
- 4. All forager societies throughout history have had a number of important features in common that are absent from other types of societies .
- 5. At a court the judge is interrogating a forager but gets into difficulty because the forager is a foreigner who doesn 't speak english .