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vexel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative form of veksel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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noun

Meaning 2

A troublemaker, a person who wants to change things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, obsolete, rare

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History

Etymology

Coined in the early 1900s by a trustee of Cornell University, from Latin vexō (“shake”) and German wechseln (“change”).