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One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

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  1. n. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
  2. n. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
  3. n. A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
  4. a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
  5. v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously.
  6. n. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  7. n. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
  8. A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ,about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to beinordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is anative of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Gluttonbird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called alsoMother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.
  9. n:100 n. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess n. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia