bludgeoner en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Cornishder.? Middle French bouge Middle French bougeonder. English bludgeon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bludgeoner From bludgeon + -er.
Meanings
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One who bludgeons.
If one is stopped on the highway, one would rather hand one's purse over to a courteous knight than to the rough-and-ready bludgeoner.
1898, Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne, The Dial: A Semi-monthly Journal of Literary Criticism, Discussion, and Information, page 8:2007, New York Post, October 27 Puppy-Killer Gets 9 Months in Cage An unemployed, coke-abusing dog-bludgeoner was sentenced yesterday to nine months in prison by a Manhattan Supreme Court judge who called the man's 2005 murder of his pet "unimaginable."
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bludgeoners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |