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单词 overbearer
释义

overbearer

English

Etymology

From Middle English overberere, equivalent to overbear + -er.

Noun

overbearer (plural overbearers)

  1. one who overbears or is overbearing
    • 1836, Philip Bury Duncan, Essays on Conversation and on Quackery:
      Underbearers in conversation are, undoubtedly, much less irksome than overbearers, yet too much hesitation and timidity render a man unfit for colloquial purposes; and we cannot but smile at Cowper's delineation of this very cautious gentleman.
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