Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who harasses or teases; a spoiler.

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

  • noun One who harasses.

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

  • noun One who harasses.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a persistent attacker
  • noun a persistent tormentor

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Examples

  • So they called the harasser's number and open the VP8 codec during the Google I/O conference next month, a move that could accelerate the adoption of HTML5 video.

    Ars Technica Eric Bangeman 2010

  • So they called the harasser's number and open the VP8 codec during the Google I/O conference next month, a move that could accelerate the adoption of HTML5 video.

    Ars Technica Eric Bangeman 2010

  • So they called the harasser's number and open the VP8 codec during the Google I/O conference next month, a move that could accelerate the adoption of HTML5 video.

    Ars Technica Eric Bangeman 2010

  • Instead, in this minority of cases, like almost all of the 85% brought by women, the harasser is a bully.

    Sexual Harassers: The Jackbooted Thugs of the Patriarchy 2007

  • Instead, in this minority of cases, like almost all of the 85% brought by women, the harasser is a bully.

    Sexual Harassers: The Jackbooted Thugs of the Patriarchy 2007

  • A hostile work environment can interfere with the ability to do our job, whether the harasser is an employer, a supervisor, a coworker, a client, or a customer.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • The typical procedure for reporting sexual harassment doesn't entail a woman's husband calling the harasser and demanding an apology, like the guy who slugged George Bailey hey

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • They play the Race card, knowing full well that MOST Americans are REALLY sensitive about sexual harassment, especially if the harasser is a Black Man and the victim is a White woman.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Would the person tell you to tolerate sexual harassment if your harasser was a man?

    News 2010

  • Though, when the American Association of University Women Foundation surveyed more than 1,600 students in eighth through 11th grade, 25 percent of the girls and 10 percent of the boys who said they had been harassed or abused said the harasser was a school employee.

    Michelle Malkin 2009

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