ˈbludgeoner, -ˈeer
[f. as bludgeoned a. + -er1, -eer1.]
One who uses, or is armed with, a bludgeon.
| 1842 R. Oastler Fleet Papers II. 8 They have set their hired bludgeoners at me. 1852 Blackw. Mag. 224 Those brutal bludgeoneers..go out..in gangs to poach. 1855 Trollope Warden xiv. 144 Old St. Dunstan with its smiting bludgeoners has been removed. |