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Definition of Heckler
1. Noun. Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections.
Generic synonyms: Bad Hat, Mischief-maker, Trouble Maker, Troublemaker, Troubler
Derivative terms: Badger, Heckle
Definition of Heckler
1. Noun. Agent noun of heckle; one who heckles; somebody who insults, makes fun of, or teases. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heckler
1. one that heckles [n -S] - See also: heckles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heckler
Literary usage of Heckler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hints for the Political Speaker by Warren Coutant Du Bois (1921)
"THE heckler The late Inez Milholland Boissevain was once interrupted by a man
with this question, "Mrs. Boissevain, don't you wish you were a man? ..."
2. Register of the Freemen of the City of York: From the City Records ... 1272-1759 by York (England), Francis Collins (1900)
"Barn, bricklayer, son of Thomas Barn, heckler Thomas Fisher, butcher, son of
Robert Fisher, butcher William Hessey, tinner, son of William Hessey, ..."
3. Twenty Years in Parliament by William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (1893)
"reply, therefore, to his heckler, he angrily exclaimed : ' What more could I
promise, short of undertaking to repeal the Ten Commandments ? ..."
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