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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French railleur.
Noun
railleur (plural railleurs)
- A jiber; a joker; a mocker.
1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, , London: Printed for Thomas Dring, , →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes , 1688, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals), page 14:Sir, Maſter Sparkiſh has often told me, that his Acquaintance were all Wits and Railleurs, and now I find it.
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
railleur (feminine railleuse, masculine plural railleurs, feminine plural railleuses)
- mocking, scoffing
Noun
railleur m (plural railleurs, feminine railleuse)
- mocker, scoffer
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