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babbler

[ bab-ler ]
/ ˈbæb lər /
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noun

a person or thing that babbles.
any of the birds of the family Timaliidae, many of which have a loud, babbling cry.

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Origin of babbler

First recorded in 1520–30; babble + -er1

Words nearby babbler

Babbage, babbitt, Babbitt metal, Babbittry, babble, babbler, babbling, babbling brook, Babcock test, babe, Bab ed-Din
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Words related to babbler

orator, debater, chatterbox, gossipmonger, windbag, squealer, gossiper, blowhard, tattletale, blabber, loudmouth, gasbag, chatterer, jabberer, lecturer, interlocutor, speaker, magpie, blabbermouth, meddler

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British Dictionary definitions for babbler

babbler
/ (ˈbæblə) /

noun

a person who babbles
any of various insect-eating birds of the Old World tropics and subtropics that have a loud incessant song: family Muscicapidae (warblers, thrushes, etc)
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