TRENCHERMEN Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

trenchermen

noun

plural of trencherman

as in feasters

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Noun

The students and club members raise cows, goats, lambs, hogs, turkeys and more, spending hours feeding and training them daily and preparing them for showing.

— Heather McRea, Oc Register, 25 July 2026
From armrest hogs to aisle rushers, a new survey reveals the in-flight behaviors that frustrate American travelers most.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Definition of hogs

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Nathu is told that the carcass is required for veterinary purposes, but it is later placed on the steps of a mosque to provoke Muslim anger since pigs are traditionally considered unclean in Islam.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
The daughter of Helios, the sun god, Circe famously turns Odysseus' men into pigs but fails to curse the protagonist himself.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of pigs

Noun

For millennia, millions of seabirds, including guanay cormorants, Peruvian boobies and pelicans, had nested on rocky outcrops along South America’s arid Pacific coast.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Four-year-old Juni Wahab was entranced by the sight of the swallows and cormorants swooping low overhead and the rushing twists of water.

— Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of cormorants

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