drawcansir

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UK/dɹɔːˈkansə/

noun

A blustering, bullying person; a braggart.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 16
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Meanings

noundrawcansir (plural drawcansirs)

plural drawcansirs · alternative Draw-can-sir

  1. archaicA blustering, bullying person; a braggart.First known use 17th c.

    Drawcansir Dolben would destroy / Both slavery and licentious joy; / Foe to all sorts of planters, he / Will suffer neither bond nor free.

    1791, James Boswell, No Abolition of Slavery
    1 more example

    While we were supping with our drawcansir friend, we heard the notes of a guitar and the click of castanets, and presently a chorus of voices singing a popular air.

    1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra

Origin

After Drawcansir, a character in George Villiers' play The Rehearsal. The character's name is a play on Almanzor, from Dryden's The Conquest of Granada.

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APA

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

Chicago

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

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