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glaverer

glaverer noun: a flatterer.

Noun

glaverer (plural glaverers)

  1. (obsolete) A flatterer.
    • These glaverers goen, my selfe to rest I layd, And doubtyng nothyng, soundly fel a slepe1563, Thomas Sackville (possibly, authorship unconfirmed) "Anthony, Lord Rivers", in The Mirror for Magistrates

Forms of glaverer

pluralglaverers

Origin of glaverer

From glaver + -er.

Questions about glaverer

What does glaverer mean?
Glaverer means a flatterer.
What part of speech is glaverer?
Glaverer is a noun.
What is the plural of glaverer?
The plural of glaverer is glaverers.

Words near glaverer in the dictionary

  1. Glavan
  2. Glavans
  3. glave
  4. glaver
  5. glavered
  6. glaverer
  7. glaverers
  8. glavering
  9. glavers
  10. glaves
  11. Glavin

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