railer

English

Etymology

From rail +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

railer (plural railers)

1. One who rails.
   • 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, pages 106–107:

     Thus ſay the common People that knovv him, A Saint abroad, and a Devil at home: His poor Family finds it ſo, he is ſuch a churl, ſuch a railer at, and ſo unreaſonable vvith his Servants, that they neither knovv hovv to do for, or ſpeak to him.

Derived terms

• road-railer

Anagrams

• irreal, rerail