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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babbitry, babbitt, babbitt metal, babbittry, babble, babbler, babbling, babbling brook, babcock test, babe, babe in arms

Origin of babbler

First recorded in 1520–30; babble + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for babbler

After breakfast we will strike tents; have the goodness to give the necessary orders to the lancers, and send the Babbler to me.
The Trappers of Arkansas|Gustave Aimard
One has but to observe the laboured flight of a babbler to appreciate how easy a mark he is to a bird of prey.
Jungle Folk|Douglas Dewar
All men are not equally brave, nor are all babbler thrushes equally bold.
Jungle Folk|Douglas Dewar
Fire and sword are but slow engines of destruction in comparison with the tongue of the babbler.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

The Babbler had fled, but a large track of blood proved that he was seriously wounded.
The Trappers of Arkansas|Gustave Aimard

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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