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staggerer|ˈstægərə(r)|
[f. stagger v. + -er1.]
1. One who staggers. lit. and fig.
1552Huloet, Staggerer, titubator. 1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 17 These staggerers..do call Gods providens and his regiment over all into question. a1633G. Herbert Jacula Prudentum 517 The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer. 1642D. Rogers Naaman 92 Let me abhorre to play the timeserver,..staggerer, and revolter from Gods way.
2. Something that causes one to stagger; fig. a disconcerting incident, an argument admitting of no reply, etc.
1832Marryat N. Forster xlvii, That broadside was a staggerer. 1872C. King Sierra Nevada v. 98 This was something of a staggerer to Susan and her father. 1874Hardy Far from Madding Crowd v, He knew to a hair's breadth the rate of trotting back from the ewes' tails that each call involved, if a staggerer with the sheep-crook was to be escaped. 1909Truth Christmas No. 22/2 Still staggerer followed unceasing on staggerer. |