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railer

noun

One who rails.

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Meanings

nounrailer (plural railers)

plural railers

One who rails.
Thus ſay the common People that knovv him, A Saint abroad, and a Devil at home: His poor Family finds it ſo, he is ſuch a churl, ſuch a railer at, and ſo unreaſonable vvith his Servants, that they neither knovv hovv to do for, or ſpeak to him.
1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, pages 106–107

Origin

From rail + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with railer

taylor trailer sailor tailor scalar mailer nailer whaler scaler jailer Traylor velar malar wailer brailer derailer gaoler brailler loudhailer unveiler waler

Anagrams

Larrie rerail irreal

Cite this entry

APA

railer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railer

MLA

“railer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “railer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railer.

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