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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for glutton:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
glutton
    n 1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
         [syn: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman]
    2: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [syn: glutton, Gulo
       gulo, wolverine]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glutton \Glut"ton\, a.
   Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." --Dryden.
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         A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry
         ministry in our days.                    --Fuller.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glutton \Glut"ton\, v. t. & i.
   To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
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         Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. --Lovelace.
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         Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.    --Drayton.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L.
   gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
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   1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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   2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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            Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville.
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   3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo
      luscus), of the weasel family Mustelid[ae], about the
      size of a large badger; called also wolverine,
      wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be
      inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of
      the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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   Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga
      gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and
      mollymawk.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wolverene \Wol`ver*ene"\, Wolverine \Wol`ver*ine"\, n. [From
   Wolf, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed
   wolfish qualities.]
   1. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo
      luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidae, about the
      size of a large badger; called also glutton and
      carcajou. It is a native of the northern parts of
      America, Europe, and Asia.
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   2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
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6. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Glutton
   (Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning "to shake out,"
   "to squander;" and hence one who is prodigal, who wastes his
   means by indulgence. In Prov. 23:21, the word means debauchees
   or wasters of their own body. In Prov. 28:7, the word (pl.) is
   rendered Authorized Version "riotous men;" Revised Version,
   "gluttonous." Matt. 11:19, Luke 7:34, Greek phagos, given to
   eating, gluttonous.
   

7. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
GLUTTON, n.  A person who escapes the evils of moderation by
committing dyspepsia.


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