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knobbler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɑb.lɚ/ (US)
• /ˈnɒb.lə/ (UK)

Etymology

From knobble + -er.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:animal husbandry) Synonym of knobber (young male deer).
   • This was explained when we got up to the beasts, for they were all dead, six of them: five hinds and calves and a small knobbler. They had been struck by lightning. 1971, Country life, volume 150:
   • They had begun by running a knobbler in the Shabbington coverts, but in the afternoon the sport had been better, for they had found a stag of ten in the oak wood by Stanton 1931, John Buchan, Blanket Of The Dark, page 51:

Forms

Synonyms

knobber