strutter

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English stroutere; equivalent to strut +‎ -er.

Noun

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strutter (plural strutters)

  1. someone who struts
    • 1901, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Volume I[1]:
      Which is the boaster, the strutter, the bedizener of his sinful carcase with feathers and beads, fox-tails and bears' claws,--the brave, or his poor little squaw?
    • 1917, Irving Bacheller, The Light in the Clearing[2]:
      First there's the Grimshaw o' greed--swinish, heartless greed--the other is the Grimshaw o' vanity--the strutter, with sword at belt, who would have men bow or flee before him."

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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strutter

  1. present of strutte