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quaffer

quaffer noun: one who quaffs.

Noun

quaffer (plural quaffers)

  1. One who quaffs.
    • It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica, page 354
  2. (informal) A quaffable wine.
    Synonyms:
    glugger

Synonyms of quaffer

Forms of quaffer

pluralquaffers

Origin of quaffer

From quaff + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

Questions about quaffer

What does quaffer mean?
Quaffer means one who quaffs.
What part of speech is quaffer?
Quaffer is a noun.
What is the plural of quaffer?
The plural of quaffer is quaffers.

Words near quaffer in the dictionary

  1. quaff
  2. quaffability
  3. quaffable
  4. quaffably
  5. quaffed
  6. quaffer
  7. quaffers
  8. quaffest
  9. quaffeth
  10. quaffing
  11. quaffing wine

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