bullier

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Definition of bullier

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (often, with-of)One who bullies.
    “Neither of us has very much to lose, but a bully — especially a bullier of women — must be a coward”
    “she looked upon Miss Ollier as a bullier of brothers, as a house-tyrant”
    “I knew him from previous cases as a heckler, a bullier of witnesses.”
    “'Suppose Master he no stop here. You hear me talk. Now go shoot pigeon?' I snarled. As I walked away I heard him murmur, 'Yes, sir Missus.' I did not like myself. I was a fishwife and a bullier of natives, I told myself in disgust.”
    “Anson was a fierce and overbearing "coacher" and a bullier of umpires and opponents.”
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noun

  1. (often, with-of)One who bullies.
    “Neither of us has very much to lose, but a bully — especially a bullier of women — must be a coward”
    “she looked upon Miss Ollier as a bullier of brothers, as a house-tyrant”
    “I knew him from previous cases as a heckler, a bullier of witnesses.”
    “'Suppose Master he no stop here. You hear me talk. Now go shoot pigeon?' I snarled. As I walked away I heard him murmur, 'Yes, sir Missus.' I did not like myself. I was a fishwife and a bullier of natives, I told myself in disgust.”
    “Anson was a fierce and overbearing "coacher" and a bullier of umpires and opponents.”

adj

  1. (comparative, form-of)comparative form of bully: more bully

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Etymology

From bully + -er (agent noun suffix).

Anagrams of bullier

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