bleater

English

Etymology tree

English bleat

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English bleater

From bleat (verb) + -er.

bleater (plural bleaters)

Agent noun of bleat; one who bleats.
- 1956, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Last Battle, Collins, published 1998:
  "Baby!" he hissed. "Silly little bleater! Go home to your mother and drink milk. […] "
- 2007, Virgil, translated by Frederick Ahl, Aeneid, Oxford University Press, Book 7, line 538, p. 175:
  Five flocks of bleaters he had, and five herds of cattle to shelter […]