troubler

English

Etymology

From trouble + -er.

Noun

troubler (plural troublers)

  1. One who, or that which, troubles; a disturber.
    • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
      They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and permit not others to unite those dissever'd peeces which are yet wanting to the body of Truth.

French

Etymology

From Old French trobler, trubler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulāre (with metathesis), from Latin turbāre, present active infinitive of turbō. Compare Romanian tulbura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁu.ble/
  • (file)

Verb

troubler

  1. to disturb, disrupt (order, sleep, judgement etc.)
  2. to disturb, to trouble (someone)
  3. (reflexive) to cloud, become cloudy (of water); to become cloudy, become overcast (of sky)
  4. (reflexive) to become flustered

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