moonlighter

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English

Etymology

moonlight +‎ -er

Noun

moonlighter (plural moonlighters)

  1. A person who moonlights, or works a second job on the side.
  2. (US, regional) One who serenades by moonlight.
  3. A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.
  4. (Ireland, historical) One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.

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