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maffler

maffler noun: a stammerer.

Noun

maffler (plural mafflers)

  1. (obsolete) A stammerer.
    • […] they alſo abuſe their power, and go too far in their commandements, (for ſo they be called at the wine ) who enjoyne ſtutters, ſtammerers, and mafflers to ſing, […]1657, “The Sympofiaques, or Table-Questions.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophy, Commonly Called, the Morals, Written by the Learned Philoſopher Plutarch of Chaeronea, page 535

Forms of maffler

pluralmafflers

Origin of maffler

From maffle + -er.

Questions about maffler

What does maffler mean?
Maffler means a stammerer.
What part of speech is maffler?
Maffler is a noun.
What is the plural of maffler?
The plural of maffler is mafflers.

Words near maffler in the dictionary

  1. maffickings
  2. mafficks
  3. maffioso
  4. maffle
  5. maffled
  6. maffler
  7. mafflers
  8. maffles
  9. maffling
  10. mafflings
  11. Maffra

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