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Meaning of HOBBLER

Pronunciation:  'hâblur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait
 
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 Synonyms: limper
 
 See Also: footer, pedestrian, walker

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Hob"bler\, n.
    One who hobbles.
    
  2. \Hob"bler\, n. [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL.
    hobellarius. See {Hobby} a horse.] (Eng. Hist.)
    One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military
    service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was
    mounted on a hobby. --Hallam. Sir J. Davies.
    
 

 

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