English Explanatory Dictionary

bristlers

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of bristler
noun
  1. A group of German refugees with Marxist leanings in 1849 who scattered to Switzerland, France and England.

Pronunciation

En-au-Bristlers.ogg

Word forms

bristlers

Etymology

A calque of German Bürstenheimer, coined by Abt (secretary to the Bishop of Freiburg) and applied to the Workers' Educational Association in Geneva.

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