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brawler

Meaning of “brawler”

A quarrelsome, contentious person; one given to strife.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Timothy 3:3

Complete exact-word concordance

The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 3:3 · retained source text

Not giuen to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous;

1611 marginal noteOr, not ready to quarell and offer wrong, as one in wine.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A noisy fellow; a wrangler.

volume 1, leaf 306, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 148)