Glut"ton (?), n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
2. Fig.: One who gluts himself.
Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.
Granville.
3. Zool. A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
Glutton bird Zool., the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.
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Glut"ton (?), a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls."
Dryden.
A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
Fuller.
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Glut"ton, v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.
Lovelace.
Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
Drayton.
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