baiter
baiter Lexical Profile
baiter Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who deliberately taunts, provokes, or harasses someone—or a specific social group, especially when used in compound expressions—in order to elicit an angry or emotional reaction.
"The forum moderator quickly banned the notorious baiter for deliberately derailing every civil discussion."
A person who sets or attaches bait to hooks, lines, or traps to catch fish or wild animals.
"On traditional longline fishing vessels, a skilled baiter could prepare hundreds of hooks in a single hour."
A person who sets dogs upon a chained or confined animal, such as a bear, bull, or badger, as a blood sport.
"Beforenineteenth-century animal cruelty laws were enacted, the bear baiter was a common figure at public fairs."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the verb 'bait' (from Old Norse 'beita', meaning to cause to bite or to hunt with dogs) combined with the agentive suffix '-er'.