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noun a secret listener to private conversations
originEtymology tree English eavesdrop Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English eavesdropper From eavesdrop + -er (“person or thing which does”).
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