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make-fray

make-fray noun: someone who instigates quarrels.

Noun

make-fray (plural make-frays)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who instigates quarrels.
    • If brabbling Make-fray, at each fair and size, / Picks quarrels for to show his valiantize,a. 1656, Joseph Hall, “Satire IV”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 5, published 1810, page 276
    Synonyms:
    breedbate, brewbate, makebate, make-debate

Synonyms of make-fray

Forms of make-fray

pluralmake-frays

Origin of make-fray

From make + fray.

Questions about make-fray

What does make-fray mean?
Make-fray means someone who instigates quarrels.
What part of speech is make-fray?
Make-fray is a noun.
What is the plural of make-fray?
The plural of make-fray is make-frays.

Words near make-fray in the dictionary

  1. make-believes
  2. make-debate
  3. make-debates
  4. make-do
  5. make-dos
  6. make-fray
  7. make-frays
  8. make-good
  9. make-hawk
  10. make-hawks
  11. make-king

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