name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bibler
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CMU ARPABET: B AY1 B AH0 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 2
A great drinker; a tippler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 3
A protestant.
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Usage: archaic, derogatory, slang
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noun
Meaning 4
A student at a boarding school who has the job of reading from the bible during meals.
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noun
Meaning 5
A flogging of six cuts on the small of the back in which the bible clerk and ostiarius held up the culprit's shirt while a school official administered the flogging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: Winchester College
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noun
Meaning 6
One given to quoting the bible; a bible-thumper.
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History
Etymology
See bib (transitive verb).
Etymology tree English bible Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bibler From bible + -er.