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GOURMAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gourmand mean?
• GOURMAND (noun)
The noun GOURMAND has 1 sense:
1. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
Familiarity information: GOURMAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
glutton; gourmand; gourmandizer; trencherman
Hypernyms ("gourmand" is a kind of...):
eater; feeder (someone who consumes food for nourishment)
Derivation:
gourmandize (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself)
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