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QUIBBLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quibbler mean?
• QUIBBLER (noun)
The noun QUIBBLER has 1 sense:
1. a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
Familiarity information: QUIBBLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
caviler; caviller; pettifogger; quibbler
Hypernyms ("quibbler" is a kind of...):
malcontent (a person who is discontented or disgusted)
Derivation:
quibble (argue over petty things)
quibble (evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections)
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