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Definition of Railer
1. n. One who rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with opprobrious language.
Definition of Railer
1. Noun. A small hammer-like machine with two handles crossed with bicycle pump that helps lifts small, derailed locomotives back on rails. ¹
2. Noun. One who rails. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Railer
1. one that rails [n -S] - See also: rails
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railer
Literary usage of Railer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"It will be remembered that Theni'tes, the railer, calls the
Greeks "pumpkins" (pcp'onlt). Melons (French). Children sent to school for 'the
first time ..."
2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... Sovereign rewards them, and " Punch," the universal railer, takes off his hat
and says, Heaven save them ! CHAPTER XI. ON CLERICAL SNOBS. ..."
3. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller (1842)
"A foul-mouthed railer. Why the King rode not through the City. A memorable
Alteration in a Pageant. I have insisted the longer on this subject, ..."
4. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian Church. With Two by Joseph Bingham (1856)
"11, " I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a
brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, ..."
5. The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople on the by John Chrysostom, John Keble (1845)
"... if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an
idolater, or a drunkard, or a railer, or an extortioner; with such an one, ..."
6. The Social History of the People of the Southern Counties of England in Past by George Roberts (1856)
"... his laws, and the Courts of Parliament. They were bound over to appear at the
next assizes and answer for their conduct." * A railer punished. ..."
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