predator

The definition of a predator is a person or an animal that hunts a smaller weaker person or animal.

(noun)

An example of a predator is a lion hunting a gazelle.

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See predator in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a predatory person or animal

Origin: back-form. < predatory

See predator in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. An organism that lives by preying on other organisms.
  2. One that victimizes, plunders, or destroys, especially for one's own gain.

Origin:

Origin: Latin praedātor, pillager

Origin: , from praedārī, to plunder; see predatory

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