bludgeoner

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noun

One who bludgeons.

OriginEnglish bludgeon ← Middle French bougeon →
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Meanings

nounbludgeoner (plural bludgeoners)

plural bludgeoners

  1. One who bludgeons.

    2007, New York Post, October 27 Puppy-Killer Gets 9 Months in Cage An unemployed, coke-abusing dog-bludgeoner was sentenced yesterday to nine months in prison by a Manhattan Supreme Court judge who called the man's 2005 murder of his pet "unimaginable."

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    If one is stopped on the highway, one would rather hand one's purse over to a courteous knight than to the rough-and-ready bludgeoner.

    1898, Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne, The Dial: A Semi-monthly Journal of Literary Criticism, Discussion, and Information, page 8

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchbouge
  2. Middle Frenchbougeon
  3. Englishbludgeon
  4. Englishbludgeoner

From bludgeon + -er.

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APA

bludgeoner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bludgeoner

MLA

“bludgeoner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bludgeoner. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bludgeoner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bludgeoner.

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