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Definition of Swaddler
1. n. A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
Definition of Swaddler
1. Noun. (derogatory dated) A member of the (w Methodist Church in Ireland). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swaddler
1. a Methodist or Protestant in general [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swaddler
Literary usage of Swaddler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"Swaddler, a Wesleyan Methodist ; a name originally given to members of that body
by the Irish mob ; said to have originated with an ignorant Romanist, ..."
2. The 'Choephori' of Aeschylus by Aeschylus (1893)
"Fuller and swaddler shared one 755 office : it was a case of two trades in one
person. The sentence is again grammatically inconsequent ; it should have ..."
3. The 'Choephori' of Aeschylus by Aeschylus, Arthur Woollgar Verrall (1893)
"Fuller and swaddler shared one 755 ... The sentence is again grammatically
inconsequent ; it should have ended '/ had to be fuller as well as swaddler'. ..."
4. Popular Songs of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker (1886)
"Some preachers will tell you that whisky's bad; I think so too—if there's none
to be had : The swaddler* will bid you drink none at all; But, ..."
5. The Life and Times of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A. by Robert Philip (1838)
"... thought this so ludicrous, that he called the preacher a swaddler, in derision ;
and this unmeaning word became the nickname of the Methodists, ..."
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