drawcansir

/dɹɔːˈkansə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

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"Drawcansir Dolben would destroy / Both slavery and licentious joy; / Foe to all sorts of planters, he / Will suffer neither bond nor free."
"While we were supping with our drawcansir friend, we heard the notes of a guitar and the click of castanets, and presently a chorus of voices singing a popular air."

After Drawcansir, a character in George Villiers' play The Rehearsal. The character's name is a play on Almanzor, from Dryden's The Conquest of Granada.

drawcansirs (plural) Draw-can-sir (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce drawcansir?

The recorded pronunciation is /dɹɔːˈkansə/.

What does drawcansir mean?

A blustering, bullying person; a braggart.

Where does drawcansir come from?

After Drawcansir, a character in George Villiers' play The Rehearsal. The character's name is a play on Almanzor, from Dryden's The Conquest of Granada.

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