railleur en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from French railleur.
Meanings
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A jiber; a joker; a mocker.
Sir, Maſter Sparkiſh has often told me, that his Acquaintance were all Wits and Railleurs, and now I find it.
1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […], 1688, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals), page 14:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| railleurs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |