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haunter

noun

Definition of haunter

as in lover

someone who regularly spends time in a particular place she's been a haunter of bookstores since her college days

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Recent Examples of haunter Jen Bianco, owner of TransWorld Tradeshows, has watched attendance at her massive Halloween and attraction events surge in recent years as professional haunters trade tips, technology and terrifying new ideas. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Overton, however, claimed that both informants were lying — and that the semen found on the comforter was planted on the scene by a spurned ex-lover with connections to the police department.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of lover

Noun

But instead the sisters wind up confronting assassins, demons with human familiars, and revelations about their late mother’s place within Le Clan des Sorcières.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025

Definition of familiar

Noun

Spiced Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Adding pumpkin spice to half the batter before putting the two components together creates a magnificent swirl pattern that your holiday guests will ooh and aah over when cutting into this gorgeous cake.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
Perhaps that’s why the guest count at his SoFi shows was so thin compared to others.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of guest

Noun

In 1894 French-Swiss bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin isolated the plague bacterium and connected rat infestations to the disease.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
That money will fund a rat model of Jaxson’s gene mutation, which is expected to be studied at UT Southwestern next year.

— Ciara McCarthy October 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of rat

Noun

No one’s taking away your phone at the MCA, though some entertainment venues and artists have experimented with requiring patrons to leave their devices at the door.

— Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Each laureate will receive 15 million yen ($95,160), a testimonial letter, and a medal, which will be presented by Prince Hitachi, honorary patron of the Japan Art Association.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of patron

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