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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who uses a ferret in catching or killing rats, rabbits, and other vermin.
  • noun One who pries into the private affairs of others for the purpose of unearthing secrets, or of bringing anything to light.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who ferrets.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who hunts with ferrets

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