make-fray
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]make-fray (plural make-frays)
- (obsolete) Someone who instigates quarrels.
- Alternative form: makefray
- a. 1656, Joseph Hall, “Satire IV”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 5, published 1810, page 276:
- If brabbling Make-fray, at each fair and size, / Picks quarrels for to show his valiantize,
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]troublemaker — see troublemaker