gobbler

¹ American  

[gob-ler] / ˈgɒb lər /

noun

1. a male turkey.

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gobbler ² American  

[gob-ler] / ˈgɒb lər /

noun

1. a person or thing that gobbles gobble or consumes voraciously or quickly.

   a gobbler of science fiction.

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gobbler British  

/ ˈɡɒblə /

noun

1. informal a male turkey

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Etymology

Origin of gobbler¹

First recorded in 1730–40; gobble ² + -er ¹

Origin of gobbler¹

First recorded in 1745–55; gobble ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Rescued gobblers and hens roamed while visitors to the six-acre spread were able to pet and feed them.

From Los Angeles Times

The gobblers receiving executive clemency at a ceremony Monday are named Liberty and Bell.

From Washington Times

The gobblers checked into a suite there on Saturday following their red-carpet arrival in the U.S. capital after a dayslong road trip from Minnesota in a black Cadillac Escalade.

From Seattle Times

“You watch the gobblers,” she said, “when they fan out their tails, they walk with their chest out, they’re very proud birds.”

From New York Times

One 1865 dispatch by White House reporter Noah Brooks notes that President Abraham Lincoln granted clemency to a gobbler back in 1863.

From Washington Post