Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who brandishes: as, “brandishers of speares,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who brandishes.
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- noun One who
brandishes .
Etymologies
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Examples
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You know, like the nutcases that brandish their firearms at their spouses and threaten to kill them if they ‘misbehave’ or otherwise displease the gun brandisher ... before — on occasion — actually using said gun to kill their miscreant spouses....
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on gun registration, and guns at POTUS speeches: 2009
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Surely no-one expects any depth from a gurning, brandisher of bananas?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Then I became wonder-pet-plaything, brandisher of delicious tresses.
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You put it on that brandisher, back part of the shoe to the vamp and you sewed.
Oral History Interview with Icy Norman, 1979 April 6 and 30. Interview H-36. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Icy Norman Icy Norman 1979
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You put it on that brandisher, back part of the shoe to the vamp and you sewed.
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The lion of war is come to thee; its lion is at hand, and its exciter on the plain of opposition; the rapid brandisher of swords in the achievements of Kings is come to thee; the destroyer of heroes is at hand.
Antar : 1820
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RK11111111111: Technically she is only a gun owner until being proven guilty of being a gun brandisher. somebodyotherthanyou: Darwin fish already have legs ... stop: I wonder if the 23 year old was a gun owner?
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RK11111111111: Technically she is only a gun owner until being proven guilty of being a gun brandisher. somebodyotherthanyou: Darwin fish already have legs ... stop: I wonder if the 23 year old was a gun owner?
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RK11111111111: Technically she is only a gun owner until being proven guilty of being a gun brandisher. somebodyotherthanyou: Darwin fish already have legs ... stop: I wonder if the 23 year old was a gun owner?
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RK11111111111: Technically she is only a gun owner until being proven guilty of being a gun brandisher. somebodyotherthanyou: Darwin fish already have legs ... stop: I wonder if the 23 year old was a gun owner?
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