Definition of MOONLIGHTER

moonlighter

Meanings

Plural: moonlighters

Noun

  • a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)
  • A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.
  • One who serenades by moonlight.
  • A moonshiner, who makes illicit alcohol.
  • One of a gang who used violence, especially at night, to promote agrarianism in Ireland during the Land War of the late 19th century.
  • A southern Australian marine fish, Tilodon sexfasciatum.

Origin / Etymology

From moonlight + -er.

Scrabble Score: 17

moonlighter is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
moonlighter is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
moonlighter is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

moonlighter is a valid Words With Friends word