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Besserwissers

Besserwissers is the plural of Besserwisser.

Meaning of Besserwisser

Noun

Besserwisser (plural Besserwissers)

  1. A know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck.
    • They are not Besserwissers; they just know better because they have had the experience. Capitalism has no lure for them, as socialism does for their West Central European counterparts.1973, Robert G. Collins, Kenneth McRobbie, The Eastern European Imagination in Literature, page 103

Questions about Besserwissers

What is Besserwissers the plural of?
Besserwissers is the plural of Besserwisser.

Words near Besserwissers in the dictionary

  1. Besser block
  2. Besser blocks
  3. Besser brick
  4. Besser bricks
  5. Besserwisser
  6. Besserwissers
  7. besses
  8. Besses o' th' Barn
  9. Bessette
  10. Bessettes
  11. Bessey

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