BULLIER

Etymology

Adjective

bullier

comparative form of bully

Noun

bullier (plural bulliers)

(often, with of) One who bullies.

Usage notes

• Bully is much more common and often preferred.

• Bullier is used in coordination or contrast with other words ending in "er" and with bullied.

• Bullier is used with of or a possessive to identify or characterize the bully by the identity of the target. Bully is not usually used in this way.

Source: Wiktionary

BULLY

Bul"ly, n.; pl. Bullies (. Etym: [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerbäk, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar a bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or cf. MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.]

1. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow. Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in. Palmerston.

2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] Shak.

Bul"ly, a.

1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." Shak.

2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]

Bul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying.]

Definition: To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward. For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was just signing. Tatler.

Syn.

– To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.

Bul"ly, v. i.

Definition: To act as a bully.

Bul"ly, n., Bul"ly beef`. [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See Boil, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.]

Definition: Pickled or canned beef.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition