hungerer

English

Etymology

From hunger +‎ -er.

Noun

hungerer (plural hungerers)

1. One who hungers or yearns.
   • 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:

     Nothing in Milton is finelier fancied than in these temperate dreams of the divine Hungerer

References

“hungerer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.