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Definition of Queller
1. n. A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller.
Definition of Queller
1. Noun. A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller. ¹
2. Noun. One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Queller
1. one that quells [n -S] - See also: quells
Lexicographical Neighbors of Queller
Literary usage of Queller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1871)
"MATTHIAS THE GHOST queller. " DID you ever hear of such a thing as the ghost of
a living person ?" inquired Maximilian. " Well," replied Laurence, " I have ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Hence Jack the giant- queller was once used instead of the more modern giant-killer;
and manque! 1er meant formerly a murderer. QUERN-LIKE, mill. ..."
3. Senescence, the Last Half of Life by Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"... Death- Depopulation by the next war—The evolutionary nisus and death as its
queller—Death symbolism as pervasive as that of sex—Flirtations of youthful ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins by John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1832)
"Hail, Son of the Most High, heir of both worlds, queller of Satan ! on thy glorious
work, Now enter, and begin to save mankind." Thus they the Son of God, ..."
5. Going to Markets and Grammar Schools: Being a Series of Autobiographical by George Griffith (1893)
"But these tricksy sprites found their match in the vicar of Talland for the time
being, a noted devil-queller, and layer of gnomes, known far and wide as ..."
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