Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who unites with others to effect an object by intrigue; one who cabals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who cabals.
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- noun One who
cabals .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A proud, dark, ambitious man; a caballer against the state; infamous for his avarice and severity:
The Black Dwarf 1898
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I also, though much against my inclination, shall decamp; for he might perhaps consider me as an adviser, caballer, confidante, or at least a troublesome spectator.
Tales and Novels — Volume 08 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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I will be a country gentleman, in the true sense of the word, and will accept of no favour that shall make any one think I would not be of the opposition when I think it a necessary one; as, on the other hand, I should scorn to make myself a round to any man’s ladder of preferment, or a caballer for the sake of my own.”
Pamela 2006
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A proud, dark, ambitious man; a caballer against the state; infamous for his avarice and severity; a bad son, a bad brother, unkind and ungenerous to all his relatives — Isabel, I would die rather than have him.”
The Black Dwarf 2004
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A proud, dark, ambitious man; a caballer against the state; infamous for his avarice and severity; a bad son, a bad brother, unkind and ungenerous to all his relatives -- Isabel, I would die rather than have him. "
The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801
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