Definition of Stonewaller

1. Noun. One who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc..

Generic synonyms: Obstructer, Obstructionist, Obstructor, Resister, Thwarter
Derivative terms: Stonewall, Stonewall

Definition of Stonewaller

1. Noun. One who stonewalls. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stonewaller

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stonewaller

stoner rock
stoner rocker
stonerag
stonerags
stoneraw
stoneraws
stonerific
stonern
stoneroot
stoners
stonest
stonewall
stonewalled
stonewaller (current term)
stonewallers
stonewalling
stonewalls
stoneware
stonewares
stonewash
stonewashed
stonewashes
stonewashing
stonework
stoneworker
stoneworkers
stoneworking

Literary usage of Stonewaller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"... it is perfectly justifiable for a stonewaller to *' put in his oar." I consider the right honourable gentleman has achieved his object in introducing ..."

2. The Peace in the Making by Henry Wilson Harris (1920)
"... particularly in the early weeks of the Conference, of an immovable stonewaller prepared to stand for the claims of France against all opposition. ..."

3. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1901)
"His stubbornness in defence was not that of a stonewaller, for he punished bad balls severely, having a peculiar freedom of wrist- play, and had he become a ..."

4. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1903)
"Captain determined to reserve Garnon until after the meal; so went in himself with the ' stonewaller' of the team, with the object of keeping their ends up. ..."

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