grass-eater noun4 •An organism notable for eating grass •A fish of species Distichodus rostratus or Distichodus engycephalus, of Africa •(slang, offensive) A celibate man, especially a Japanese man, who eschews dating and sexual relationships.That is what the modern men of Japan have done, these grass-eaters. — 2011 •(figurative) A police officer who accepts offered bribes but does not actively seek them out.But why do police become grass-eaters at all, if they lack the greed and contempt fo decency necessary to become meat-eaters? — 2002 formsgrass-eaters