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Definition of Bludgeoner
1. Noun. An assailant who uses a bludgeon.
Definition of Bludgeoner
1. Noun. Someone who wields or uses a bludgeon as a weapon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bludgeoner
Literary usage of Bludgeoner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Spirit in Modern English Literature by George Nauman Shuster (1922)
"Beside the fine grace of this book, Ruskin is ponderous and Howells a mere
bludgeoner; it is not given to men to write thus. ..."
2. Shelburne Essays: Seventh Series by Paul Elmer More (1910)
"Mr. Clutton-Brock cites for reprobation a long passage from Hazlitt's Table Talk;
yet most of what the old bludgeoner says can, with some change of emphasis ..."
3. A History of English Literature by William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe (1907)
"... Earl Temple, that maleficent magnate whose obscure alliances and labyrinthine
antipathies exactly suit those of the anonymous bludgeoner. ..."
4. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"bludgeoner, corrupted to Bludger. — A low thief who does not hesitate to use
violence. Johnson gives no etymology of this word. It is not contained in any ..."
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