[1730–40; gobble2 + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1730–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bronze, escapement, malaria, modernism, optimism-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
gobbler in American English2
(ˈɡɑblər)
noun
a person or thing that gobbles or consumes voraciously or quickly
a gobbler of science fiction
Word origin
[1745–55; gobble1 + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1745–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: coda, compressor, development, ellipse, umbilical cord-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'gobbler' in a sentence
gobbler
Every gobbler that comes into sight is like the very first one.
Houston Chronicle (2003)
The gobbler followed the hens, moving farther away.
Houston Chronicle (2004)
And where the hens go, the gobbler goes.
Houston Chronicle (2004)
Yep, foolish indeed is the mortal family that shells out the copious price of admission for this gobbler.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Calling a gobbler away from a group of hens is a tough row to hoe.
Houston Chronicle (2004)
A hen - probably hens - had gotten to the gobbler before he could get to me.