Chivvier
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Agent noun of chivvy: one who chivvies; especially a hunter. agent, form-of
"She greeted me with one of those piercing view-halloos which she had picked up on the hunting field in the days when she had been an energetic chivvier of the British fox."
Example
More examples"She greeted me with one of those piercing view-halloos which she had picked up on the hunting field in the days when she had been an energetic chivvier of the British fox."
Etymology
From chivvy + -er.
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