Meaning

5 senses

  1. Someone or something that bristles.

  2. (informal)A bristled pig.

  3. (obsolete)A conman.

  4. (derogatory, obsolete)A person of low social class.

  5. (obsolete, slang)A soldier who is part of a company that carries pikes.

Origin

From bristle + -er.

From bristle + -er.

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Forms

plural: bristlers
Singularbristler
Pluralbristlers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
briskbrisklybristlebritBritishA2
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