"fabler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fablers [plural]
Etymology: From fable + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fable|er|id2=occupation}} fable + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fabler (plural fablers)
  1. A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Translations (writer or teller of fables): bajkář [masculine] (Czech)

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