rattle-head
/ˈratlhɛd/noun
1A Royalist in the English Civil War; a Cavalier. Contrasted with roundhead. Now historical and rare.
2An empty-headed person; = rattle-brain.
- Occasionally used humorously as a proper name..
Origin
Mid 17th century. From rattle + head. Compare rattle-brain, rattlepate, rattle-skull.
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