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hobbler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hobbler has 1 sense
- hobbler(n = noun.person) limper - someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait; Array is a kind of footer, pedestrian, walker
Derived form verb hobble1
CIDE DICTIONARY
hobbler, n.
One who hobbles. [1913 Webster]
hobbler, n. [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See Hobby a horse.].
One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
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