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trifler

trifler noun: one who trifles, or treats something as inconsequential.

Noun

trifler (plural triflers)

  1. One who trifles, or treats something as inconsequential.
    • In one word, be anything but a trifler, a trifler with God and your own soul. It was not for this, that God gave you “A mind superior to the vulgar herd.”1837, John Wesley, Select Letters, chiefly on personal religion
  2. A pewterer who produced small pewter utensils such as salt cellars.

Forms of trifler

pluraltriflers

Origin of trifler

From trifle + -er.

Questions about trifler

What does trifler mean?
Trifler means one who trifles, or treats something as inconsequential.
What part of speech is trifler?
Trifler is a noun.
What is the plural of trifler?
The plural of trifler is triflers.

Words near trifler in the dictionary

  1. triflavin
  2. trifle
  3. trifle with
  4. trifled
  5. trifled with
  6. trifler
  7. triflers
  8. trifles
  9. trifles with
  10. triflest
  11. triflet

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