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deballer

deballer noun: an emasculator or castrator.

Noun

deballer (plural deballers)

  1. An emasculator or castrator.
    • Since he died, she wants to get even on something, anything, everybody, every director, and she's become the great deballer of the twentieth century .1978, Irwin Shaw ·, Beggarman, Thief, page 318
    • The two freckle-faced, gap-toothed daughters, from what Arthur could see of them in the work at FleaMarket, hardly seemed to be card-carrying members of the Future Deballers of America.2008, Peter Plagens, The Art Critic, page 14

Forms of deballer

pluraldeballers

Origin of deballer

From deball + -er.

Questions about deballer

What does deballer mean?
Deballer means an emasculator or castrator.
What part of speech is deballer?
Deballer is a noun.
What is the plural of deballer?
The plural of deballer is deballers.

Words near deballer in the dictionary

  1. deballast
  2. deballasted
  3. deballasting
  4. deballasts
  5. deballed
  6. deballer
  7. deballers
  8. deballing
  9. deballs
  10. Debaltseve
  11. Debaltsevo

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