Biblern.
/ˈbʌɪblə/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [noun] > reading of > person
Bibler1538
Bible-reader?1548
scripturer?1550
Biblist1562
scripture reader?1574
Bible-clerk1626
scripturalist1725
Bible-student1853
Bible-woman1859
1538 Bible (Coverdale) Ded. New-fangled fellows, English biblers, coblers of divinity.
1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 85v Many would scornefully..terme him a good Bibler.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities
son?c1550
Bibler1569
round cap1572
batteler1604
fellow commoner1614
gentleman-commoner1614
primar1642
Bible-clerk1650
Harry-Sopha1661
hodman1677
nobleman1682
seconder1684
grueller1691
ternar1698
tuft1755
red gowna1774
ten-year-man1816
prick-bill1818
bear1828
martinet1831
sheep1865
trotter1883
skiver1884
hall-reader1886
sign-off1902
night climber1937
techie1969
1569 in Etoniana (1865) 220 The Bibler's office seems to have been to read a portion of Scripture in the hall at dinner. In the accounts for 1569 there is a charge ‘for making ii halfpaces in the hawle for the Bybelers to stand upon, vs.’
3. Scottish. One of the older scholars in a Scottish country school, so called because the Bible was their class-book.
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society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > senior pupil
Bibler1883
upper1929
1883 J. Nasmyth Autobiogr. ii. 20 The ‘Bibler's Seat’ is marked [i.e. a seat on the Castle rock to which the bigger boys used to climb].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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