glaverer

English

Etymology

glaver +‎ -er

Noun

glaverer (plural glaverers)

(obsolete) A flatterer.
- 1563, Thomas Sackville (possibly, authorship unconfirmed) "Anthony, Lord Rivers", in The Mirror for Magistrates
  These glaverers goen, my selfe to rest I layd, And doubtyng nothyng, soundly fel a slepe

References

“glaverer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

graveler, regravel

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