Pantiler
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A preaching Dissenter. UK, obsolete, slang
Etymology
From pantile + -er. Hotten suggests a derivation from the slang pantile (“hat”), because of the distinctive sugar-loaf hats worn by Puritans, or the habit of Quakers and many Dissenters of not removing their hats in a place of worship; or else from pantile (“type of roof tile”) with which the meeting-houses of Dissenters were usually covered.
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