Meaning

4 senses
  1. One who rustles; a cattle (or other livestock) thief.

    Viehdieb, Viehdiebin

    конокра́дkonokrád, уго́нщик скота́ugónščik skotá

    someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)

  2. A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances.

  3. (US, Western, dated, especially, slang)An alert, energetic, driving person.

  4. That which makes a rustling noise.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Are you rustlers?

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  2. The rustlers have been stealing your cattle and a lot of other people’s for a long time, haven’t they?

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
cattle thief:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cattle thief:

Origin

From rustle + -er.

From rustle + -er.

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Forms

plural: rustlers
Singularrustler
Pluralrustlers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
abactorduffercattle rustler
Close in meaning
  • someone who steals livestock (especially cattle):cattle thief

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrustle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rustler — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto