† ˈbriguer Obs.
[ad. F. brigueur, f. briguer: see brigue v.]
A contentious person, a quarrelsome wrangler.
| 1496 Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) x. x. 385/2 There shal no shrewe, no bryger, no lechour..entre in to this cyte. c 1600 J. Burel Pilgr. in Watson Coll. Poems II. 46 (Jam.) As bregers and tygers, Delyts in blud to be. |