railer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From rail + -er.
Meanings
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One who rails.
Thus ſay the common People that knovv him, A Saint abroad, and a Devil at home: His poor Family finds it ſo, he is ſuch a churl, ſuch a railer at, and ſo unreaſonable vvith his Servants, that they neither knovv hovv to do for, or ſpeak to him.
1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, pages 106–107:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| railers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |