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quiller

noun

Etymology

From quill + -er.

  1. derived from *gʷelH-✻ — “to pierce, stick”
  2. derived from quiele
  3. inherited from quyl
  4. suffixed as quiller — “quill + er”

Definitions

  1. One who works with a quill.

  2. One who writes with a quill

    One who writes with a quill; a professional writer; a journalist.

    • Make a start in Sydney — Hugh Macdonald, Holman, Hughes would surely need little pressure to assist — and you needn't fear the cordial co-operation of the country quillers!

  3. One who creates decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.

    • Some quillers make small wooden stands resembling trees, with horizontal "branches" over which they hang the strips.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for quiller. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA