bibler
bibler noun: a great drinker; a tippler.
Noun (1)
bibler (plural biblers)
- A great drinker; a tippler.
- Mr. W. H. Cummings defends the character of Purcell from the remarks of Mr. J. F. Crowest, who in his anxiety to prove that wine has always stimulated music, makes Purcell a bibler.1889 August, “Echoes of the Month”, in The Musical Herald and Tonic Sol-fa Reporter, number 8, page 184
- Somehow the popular idealism pictures the bibler as a stout hearty individual of merry moods and good vigour, while the typical total-abstinence fanatic arises in our minds as one of colourless vitality and sombre physiognomy.1902, George Otis Draper, Searching for Truth, page 418
Noun (2)
bibler (plural biblers)
- A protestant.
- as the Church-mens policy was great, so they forgot not to foresee a storm, in case Mary should depart without issue, and the Crown come to Elizabeth, who was, as the Germans called them, a Protestant, as the French, a Huguenot, or of the Religion, as the English, a Lollard, a Bibler, a Gospeller...1651, Charles George Cock, English-Law, page 32
- And bcause it greueth them that your subiectes be growen so farre in knowlege of theyr dewtye to God, to youre grace, & to theyr neghboures, theyr inwarde malyce doth breake oute in to blasphemous & vncomlye wordes, in so much that they cal your louynge & faythfull people, heretikes, new fangled...1838, John James Lowndes, Memorials of ... Myles Coverdale, page 96
- A student at a boarding school who has the job of reading from the bible during meals.
- But now I pray you let us hearken to the Scripture, for the bibler is not yet come to Tu autem.1814, Sir John Harington, The Metamorphosis of Ajax, page 86
- With his interpolation of sacred matter into that profane work, the author compares the treatment he experienced "at our commencement feasts and such-like, in Cambridge; that when we have been in the midst of some pleasant argument, suddenly the Bibler hath come, and with a loud and audible voice...1896, Walter Raleigh, “Sir John Harington”, in The New Review, volume 15, page 282
- A flogging of six cuts on the small of the back in which the bible clerk and ostiarius held up the culprit's shirt while a school official administered the flogging.
- "That's a lie! if you don't tell me where you got these verses this instant, I'll give you a bibler." —A bibler, you must know, reader , has nothing whatever to do with the Holy Scriptures, but is a particularly severe flogging, attended by certain forms to give the punishment more solemnity.1835, John Blakiston, Twenty Years in Retirement - Volume 2, page 238
- If a boy were detected in a gross falsehood, besides undergoing a bibler, he had to "stand under the nail" for an hour or two previously.1883, Edward John G.H. Rich, Recollections of the two St. Mary Winton colleges, page 10
- One given to quoting the bible; a bible-thumper.
- So in respect of this particular opposition, in the ones reiecting, the others vrging of traditions, the sadduces were termed […] Biblers, or Scripturists .1626, Thomas Godwin, Moses and Aaron, page 58
- Well—I ain't much of a Bibler, but I got th' Book in my outfit an' I like to read it.1959, Sewell Thomas, Silhouettes of Charles S. Thomas, page 149
Proper noun capitalized: Bibler
Bibler (plural Biblers)
- A surname.
Examples of bibler in a sentence
- It was also said that the son was a bibler and the father a total abstainer.2015, Dr. K. L. Moudgill, The Jeevanias: An Indian Family Saga from the British Era:
- There credence and their language was alike, All Babel-biblers they did dead dislike.2007, Anthony Copley, “The Temple of Peace”, in Robert S. Miola, editor, Early Modern Catholicism: An Anthology of Primary Sources, page...
- At table at every meal all shall diligently and attentively hear the Bible before and after dinner and supper, until the Master or his deputy shall tell the Bibler to end.2005, Walter Mildmay, The Statutes of Sir Walter Mildmay, page 61:
- Outside, a Bibler harassed me with pamphlets: Satan in Your Hairbrush was one, Satan in the Teapot, another.2015, William Sutton, Lawless and the Devil of Euston Square:
Forms of bibler
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | biblers |
| alternative form | bibbeler |
| alternative form | bibbler |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Biblers |
Origin of bibler
See bib (transitive verb).
From bible + -er.
Questions about bibler
- What does bibler mean?
- Bibler means a great drinker; a tippler.
- How do you use bibler in a sentence?
- It was also said that the son was a bibler and the father a total abstainer.
- What part of speech is bibler?
- Bibler can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of bibler?
- The plural of bibler is biblers.
Words near bibler in the dictionary
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