"blagger" meaning in English

See blagger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈblæɡɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blagger.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blaggers [plural]
Rhymes: -æɡɚ Etymology: Etymology tree English blag Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blagger From blag + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|blag|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English blag Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blagger [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "blagger", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="blagger"> From blag + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} blagger (plural blaggers)
  1. (informal) A smooth talker, a persuasive person. Tags: informal Translations (a persuasive person): baratineur [informal, masculine] (French), bajerant [masculine] (Polish), bajerantka [feminine] (Polish), blagier [masculine] (Polish), blagierka [feminine] (Polish), koloryzator [masculine] (Polish), picer [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-blagger-en-noun-oQughNVV Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 95 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'a persuasive person': 93 7
  2. (informal) A thief or robber, one who blags. Tags: informal Translations (a thief or robber): braqueur [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-blagger-en-noun-qbXajbP3 Disambiguation of 'a thief or robber': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: blackguard, blag

Inflected forms

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