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Webster 1913 Edition


Gabbler

Gab′bler

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Noun.
One who gabbles; a prater.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gabbler

GAB'BLER

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Noun.
A prater; a noisy talker; one that utters inarticulate sounds.

Definition 2024


gabbler

gabbler

English

Noun

gabbler (plural gabblers)

  1. One who gabbles, or prates loquaciously on a trifling subject.

Usage notes

Note the differences implied between gabblers and other prattlers in R. F. Burton's translation of The Arabian Nights (at the end of the tailor's tale).

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References

  • gabbler” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828. (Note the somewhat different definition.)
  • gabbler” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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