[f. CHIDE v. + -ER1.]

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  † 1.  A quarrelsome person, brawler, scold. Obs.

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1372.  Langl., P. Pl., B. XVI. 43. Brawleres and chideres.

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1467.  in Eng. Gilds (1870), 371. Bawdes, scolders and chiders.

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c. 1530.  Hickscorner, in T. Hawkins, Eng. Drama, I. 89. Braulers, lyers, getters, and chiders.

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1596.  Shaks., Tam. Shr., I. ii. 227. I loue no chiders.

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1693.  W. Robertson, Phraseol. Gen., 278. A brawler or chider, altercator.

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  2.  One who scolds or rebukes with vehemence.

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c. 1510.  Barclay, Mirr. Good Mann. (1570), G ij. In flatterers then chiders count greater ieopardy, For chiders and braulers vse vices for to blame.

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1580.  Baret, Alv., C 451. A chider or rebuker, obiurgator.

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1628.  Feltham, Resolves, II. xxv. His conscience … becomes a perpetuall chider.

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1823.  Lockhart, Reg. Dalton, xxxii. 293. A partaker, not a chider, of their happiness.

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