worrier

Etymology

worry + -er

noun

  1. A person who worries a great deal, especially unnecessarily.
    You are such a worrier! I'm sure everything will turn out all right.
  2. A person who causes worry in others.
  3. An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.
    The person owning a dog which had destroyed sheep could be made to pay for the damage; but the Court should also have an undoubted power to order incurable sheep-worriers to be destroyed. 1886, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, volume 54, page 401

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