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bridler

bridler noun: someone or something that bridles (puts a bridle on).

Noun

bridler (plural bridlers)

  1. Someone or something that bridles (puts a bridle on).
  2. Someone or something that restrains and governs, like with a bridle.
    • The Prelats which boaſt themſelves the only bridlers of Schiſm, God knows have been ſo cold and backward both there and with us to repreſs Hereſie and idolatry, that either through their careleſſneſs or their craft all this miſchief is befaln.1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I...
    Synonyms:
    restrainer, checker

Synonyms of bridler

Forms of bridler

pluralbridlers

Origin of bridler

From bridle + -er.

Questions about bridler

What does bridler mean?
Bridler means someone or something that bridles (puts a bridle on).
What part of speech is bridler?
Bridler is a noun.
What is the plural of bridler?
The plural of bridler is bridlers.

Words near bridler in the dictionary

  1. bridlegrass
  2. bridleless
  3. bridlelike
  4. bridlepath
  5. bridlepaths
  6. bridler
  7. bridlers
  8. bridles
  9. bridles up
  10. bridlest
  11. bridleth

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