Mouser
(noun)
- A cat that catches mice.
- A person who hunts or traps mice.
Origin:
From the old english mus, meaning 'mouse', and -er, a suffix used to form nouns indicating a person who performs a certain action.
Examples:
- The farmer's mouser was a fierce feline, always on the prowl for mice.
- The mouser leapt from the windowsill and disappeared into the fields in pursuit of its prey.
- The mouse-infested barn was no match for the clever mouser.
- The mouser snuck up on the mouse and pounced, ending the rodent's raid on the pantry.
- The children loved watching the mouser do its work, bringing back mice as gifts for their approval.