bleater

English

Etymology

bleat + -er

Noun

bleater (plural bleaters)

1. Agent noun of bleat; one who bleats.
   • 1956, C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle, Collins, 1998, Chapter 3,

     "Baby!" he hissed. "Silly little bleater! Go home to your mother and drink milk. […] "

   • 2007, Virgil, Aeneid, translated by Frederick Ahl, Oxford University Press, Book 7, line 538, p. 175,

     Five flocks of bleaters he had, and five herds of cattle to shelter […]

Anagrams

• retable