Bludgeoner

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who bludgeons.

    "If one is stopped on the highway, one would rather hand one's purse over to a courteous knight than to the rough-and-ready bludgeoner."

  2. 2
    an assailant who uses a bludgeon wordnet

Example

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"If one is stopped on the highway, one would rather hand one's purse over to a courteous knight than to the rough-and-ready bludgeoner."

Etymology

From bludgeon + -er.

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