Dubber

//ˈdʌbə// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who dubs, or gives a name.

    "[…]thus to knight someone lacking in virtue dishonoured the dubber."

  2. 2
    A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc.
  3. 3
    A person who records or adds a dubbed soundtrack to a film.
  4. 4
    A person's mouth or tongue. UK, obsolete, slang

    ""Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly.""

Synonyms

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glib

Example

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"[…]thus to knight someone lacking in virtue dishonoured the dubber."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dub + -er.

Etymology 2

From Arabic دُبَّاء (dubbāʔ, “bottle gourd”).

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