caviler

2 definitions found

caviler - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Caviler \Cav"il*er\ or Caviller \Cav"il*ler\ (-[~e]r), n.
     One who cavils.
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           Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. --Boyle.
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caviler - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caviler
      n 1: a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty
           objections [syn: quibbler, caviller, caviler,
           pettifogger]