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bludgeoner

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree English bludgeon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bludgeoner From bludgeon + -er.

  1. derived from *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bludgeoner From bludgeon + -er✻
  2. derived from -āriusbor
  3. derived from *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom✻
  4. derived from bludgeon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder

Definitions

  1. 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.

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