Etymology

bludgeoner

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Today it means: One who bludgeons. Full definition →

English bludgeon ← Middle French bougeon
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The story

  1. Middle Frenchbouge
  2. Middle Frenchbougeon
  3. Englishbludgeon
  4. English todaybludgeoner

From bludgeon + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.