n. A person who diets, usually in an effort to lose weight.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who diets; one who prescribes, or who partakes of, food, according to hygienic rules.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who diets.
n. One who prescribes rules for eating; one who prepares food by dietetic rules.
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n. a person who diets
Word Usage
"It takes a clever "dieter" to figure out how to make calories vanish, or to feign ignorance while surrounded by large menu boards blaring the bad news."