bullier

English

Etymology 1

From bully +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

Noun

bullier (plural bulliers)

(often with of) One who bullies.
- 1913, Ralph Stock, Marama: a tale of the South Pacific, page 138:
  Neither of us has very much to lose, but a bully — especially a bullier of women — must be a coward
- 1931, Elizabeth ^[sic], Father:
  she looked upon Miss Ollier as a bullier of brothers, as a house-tyrant
- 1946, The Atlantic, volume 178:
  I knew him from previous cases as a heckler, a bullier of witnesses.
- 1957, Joan Gerstad, The jungle was our home:
  'Suppose Master he no stop here. You hear me talk. Now go shoot pigeon?' I snarled. As I walked away I heard him murmur, 'Yes, sir Missus.' I did not like myself. I was a fishwife and a bullier of natives, I told myself in disgust.
- 1961, Robert Smith, Baseball in America:
  Anson was a fierce and overbearing "coacher" and a bullier of umpires and opponents.
- 1992, David H. Demo, Ritch C. Savin-Williams, “Self-Concept Stability and Change during Adolescence”, in Richard P. Lipka, Thomas M. Brinthaupt, editors, Self-Perspectives Across the Life Span, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 126:
  Bulliers frequently cause others to feel socially isolated and excluded through verbal, nonverbal, and physical harassment.
- 2004, Linda Newbery, The Shell House, page 131:
  And that was that: Greg labelled as a dubious character, a bullier of young kids.
- 2007, Martin Kantor, Lifting the Weight: Understanding Depression in Men, Its Causes and Solutions, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 179:
  […] how cautious one must be when attempting to set limits on bulliers, and how it is sometimes better to be a bit bullied and feel temporarily depressed than to […]
- 2010, Ethan Mordden, The Guest List: How Manhattan Defined American Sophistication—from the Algonquin Round Table to Truman Capote’s Ball, Macmillan, →ISBN, unnumbered digital page:
  Even so, [Fiorello] La Guardia is commonly known as a bullier of bullies, a power-slinging crime fighter.
- 2011, Jeffrey Kluger, The Sibling Effect:
  they can be devastating teasers and bulliers

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.

Etymology 2

From bully +‎ -er (comparative suffix).

Adjective

bullier

comparative form of bully: more bully