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drawcansir

UK/dɹɔːˈkansə/

drawcansir noun: a blustering, bullying person; a braggart.

Noun

drawcansir (plural drawcansirs)

  1. (archaic) A blustering, bullying person; a braggart.
    • Drawcansir Dolben would destroy / Both slavery and licentious joy; / Foe to all sorts of planters, he / Will suffer neither bond nor free.1791, James Boswell, No Abolition of Slavery
    • While we were supping with our drawcansir friend, we heard the notes of a guitar and the click of castanets, and presently a chorus of voices singing a popular air.1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra

Forms of drawcansir

pluraldrawcansirs
alternative formDraw-can-sir

Origin of drawcansir

After Drawcansir, a character in George Villiers' play The Rehearsal. The character's name is a play on Almanzor, from Dryden's The Conquest of Granada.

Questions about drawcansir

What does drawcansir mean?
Drawcansir means a blustering, bullying person; a braggart.
What part of speech is drawcansir?
Drawcansir is a noun.
How do you pronounce drawcansir?
Drawcansir is pronounced /dɹɔːˈkansə/ (UK).
What is the plural of drawcansir?
The plural of drawcansir is drawcansirs.

Words near drawcansir in the dictionary

  1. drawbridge mentality
  2. drawbridged
  3. drawbridges
  4. drawcall
  5. drawcalls
  6. drawcansir
  7. drawcansirs
  8. drawcard
  9. drawcards
  10. drawcord
  11. drawcords

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