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Definition of Palaverer
1. n. One who palavers; a flatterer.
Definition of Palaverer
1. Noun. Agent noun of palaver; one who palavers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palaverer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palaverer
Literary usage of Palaverer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War--what For? by George Ross Kirkpatrick (1910)
"The palaverer taught the toil-cursed workers to be obedient and grateful and
humble and meek and lowly and contented, to "forget it" that they have poverty ..."
2. War, what For? by George Ross Kirkpatrick (1910)
"The palaverer taught the toil-cursed workers to be obedient and grateful and
humble and meek and lowly and contented, to "forget it" that they have poverty ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Hence, palaverer = a flatterer. [From Port, palavra ( = talk)].— GROSE (1785) ;
BEE (1823). 1748. SMOLLETT, Rod. Random, xli. None of your PALAVER. 1763. ..."
4. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1865)
"He said, " Shelburne is an Irishman, and has all the impudence of his nation.
He is a palaverer, beyond all description. He palavers everybody, and has no ..."
5. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"The " great Captain of the age," as that nasty palaverer, Brougham, called him,
lives close to this spot, where also the " English ladies'" naked Achilles ..."
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