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batler

batler is the alternative form of batteler.

Meaning of batteler

Noun

batteler (plural battelers)

  1. (obsolete, Oxford University) A student who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for.
    • Dr. Radcliffe, the beneficent founder of this structure, was admitted a batteler of University College, in 1665, and was afterwards made senior scholar.1833, J.N. Brewer, “Oxford”, in Beauties of England and Wales
    Synonyms:
    sizar

Forms of batler

pluralbatlers

Questions about batler

What is batler the alternative form of?
Batler is the alternative form of batteler.

Words near batler in the dictionary

  1. batiste
  2. batistes
  3. batitinan
  4. Batken
  5. Batkin
  6. batler
  7. batlers
  8. batless
  9. batlet
  10. batleth
  11. batleths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: batler (page history and authors); batteler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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