drowner

English

Etymology

drown +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaʊnə(ɹ)/

Noun

drowner (plural drowners)

1. Someone who dies by drowning.
   • 2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits:

     With the jumpers and the drowners, McGee, you don't pick up a pattern. That's because a jumper damned near always makes it the first time, and a drowner is usually almost as successful, about the same rate as hangers.

2. One who drowns another.
   • 1950, Henry Morton Robinson, The Cardinal:

     At eight you thought of boys as cat drowners and bird stoners. At nine there was another reason for boys' existence: they either noticed you or they didn't, and it desperately mattered which.

Derived terms

• goose-drowner