Bristler

Quick meaning: Bristler is a noun meaning Someone or something that bristles.

Meaning

Someone or something that bristles.

More Meanings

1. (informal) A bristled pig.
2. (obsolete) A conman.
3. (obsolete, derogatory) A person of low social class.
4. (obsolete, slang) A soldier who is part of a company that carries pikes.

Example Sentences

And Claudia wasn't a bristler by nature; she was as bubbly as they came.

Music on the hog-octave. The other bristlers whipped into the back-ground.

'Twas he who rear'd the roe-deer's brood, And the young bristler of the wood ;

We are the "bristlers," the easily hurt and hostile, the solitary ones, the "people are bums" man, the "don't let anyone know" woman.

Word Forms

• bristlers

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bristling, brindling, briar, prickling, tinger, fraying.

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