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flutterer|ˈflʌtərə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
†1. ? A vagrant. Obs. rare.
c1450Myrc 845 Of scoler, of flotterer, or of passyngere.
2. One who or that which flutters, lit. and fig.; † a flirt. Rarely in trans. sense.
c1726Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. I. 133, I looked upon him as a flutterer, and was at a loss to know what his intentions were. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. iii. 13 A man of morals, was worth a thousand of such gay flutterers. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xiv, Dingy, ill-plumed drowsy flutterers. 1882Harper's Mag. LXV. 588 She watched the boat until the handkerchief flutterer was no longer seen. |