Word Meanings - FOGGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who fogs; a pettifogger. A beggarly fogger. Terence in English
Related words: (words related to FOGGER)
- ENGLISHWOMAN
Fem. of Englishman. Shak. - BEGGARLY
1. In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. "A bankrupt, beggarly fellow." South. "A beggarly fellowship." Swift. "Beggarly elements." Gal. iv. 9. 2. Produced - ENGLISH
Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond (more info) tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who - FOGGER
One who fogs; a pettifogger. A beggarly fogger. Terence in English - ENGLISHRY
1. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. Cowell. 2. A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland. A general massacre of the Englishry. Macaulay. - PETTIFOGGERY
The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles. Quirks of law, and pettifoggeries. Barrow. - ENGLISHABLE
Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English. - PETTIFOGGER
A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer. A pettifogger was lord chancellor. Macaulay. - ENGLISHMAN
A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England. - ENGLISHISM
1. A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. M. Arnold. 2. A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism. - INDO-ENGLISH
Of or relating to the English who are born or reside in India; Anglo-Indian. - BOROUGH-ENGLISH
A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. Blackstone.