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BAULKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does baulker mean?
• BAULKER (noun)
The noun BAULKER has 1 sense:
1. a person who refuses to comply
Familiarity information: BAULKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who refuses to comply
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
balker; baulker; noncompliant
Hypernyms ("baulker" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "baulker"):
negativist (someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked)
Derivation:
baulk (refuse to comply)
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