moonlighter
English
noun
Definitions
- A person who moonlights, or works a second job on the side.
- (US) One who serenades by moonlight.
- A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.
- (Ireland) One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the of the late 19th century.
Etymology
Suffix from English moonlight.
Origin
English
moonlight
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Cognates and derived terms
- light English
- moon English
- moonlight English
- moonlight tower English
- monelight Middle English