Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who brangles; a quarrelsome person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A quarrelsome person.
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- noun archaic A
quarrelsome person.
Etymologies
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brangle + -er
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Examples
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And then Halbert’s dress was as clownish as his manners were haughty; and this poor young gentleman, (who was habited like any prince,) banished from his own land, was first drawn into a quarrel by a rude brangler, and then persecuted and like to be put to death by his kin and allies.”
The Monastery 2008
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Halbert's dress was as clownish as his manners were haughty; and this poor young gentleman, (who was habited like any prince,) banished from his own land, was first drawn into a quarrel by a rude brangler, and then persecuted and like to be put to death by his kin and allies. "
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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