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Found 1 definition: scavenger.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun scavenger has 3 senses

1. scavenger(n = noun.substance) - a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities;
is a kind of chemical agent
Derived form verb scavenge₄

2. scavenger(n = noun.person) magpie, pack rat - someone who collects things that have been discarded by others;
is a kind of hoarder
Derived form verb scavenge₂

3. scavenger(n = noun.animal) - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter;
is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
has particulars: bottom-feeder
Derived form verb scavenge₃

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

scavenger, n. [OE. scavager an officer with various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E. scavage. See Scavage, Show, v.].

A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health. [1913 Webster]

Scavenger beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle. -- Scavenger crab (Zoöl.), any crab which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab. -- Scavenger's daughter [corrupt. of Skevington's daughter], an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow from the nostrils, and sometimes from the hands and feet. Am. Cyc.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

scavenger, n.
1 a person who seeks and collects discarded items.
2 an animal, esp. a beetle, feeding on carrion, refuse, etc.
3 Brit. archaic a person employed to clean the streets etc.

Derivative:
scavengery n.

Etymology:
ME scavager f. AF scawager f. scawage f. ONF escauwer inspect f. Flem. scauwen, rel. to SHOW: for -n- cf. MESSENGER

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Cleanness

N cleanness, cleanliness, purity, cleaning, purification, defecation, purgation, lustration, detersion, abstersion, epuration, mundation, ablution, lavation, colature, disinfection, drainage, sewerage, lavatory, laundry, washhouse, washerwoman, laundress, dhobi, laundryman, washerman, scavenger, dustman, sweep, white wings brush, broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter, blotter, napkin, cloth, maukin, malkin, handkerchief, towel, sudary, doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab, cover, drugget, wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative, purifier, disinfectant, aperient, benzene, benzine benzol, benolin, bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent, laxative, clean, cleanly, pure, immaculate, spotless, stainless, taintless, trig, without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected, sweet, sweet as a nut, neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens, cleaned, kempt, abstergent, cathartic, cleansing, purifying, neatly, clean as a whistle.

[RELATED WORDS]

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