bullier

English

Etymology 1

bully +‎ -er (agent noun suffix)

Noun

bullier (plural bulliers)

1. (often with of) One who bullies.
   • 1913, Ralph Stock, Marama: a tale of the South Pacific, page 138:

     Neither of us has very much to lose, but a bully — especially a bullier of women — must be a coward

   • 1931, Elizabeth ^[sic], Father:

     she looked upon Miss Ollier as a bullier of brothers, as a house-tyrant

   • 1946, The Atlantic, volume 178:

     I knew him from previous cases as a heckler, a bullier of witnesses.

   • 1957, Joan Gerstad, The jungle was our home:

     'Suppose Master he no stop here. You hear me talk. Now go shoot pigeon?' I snarled. As I walked away I heard him murmur, 'Yes, sir Missus.' I did not like myself. I was a fishwife and a bullier of natives, I told myself in disgust.

   • 1961, Robert Smith, Baseball in America:

     Anson was a fierce and overbearing "coacher" and a bullier of umpires and opponents.

   • 1992, David H. Demo, Ritch C. Savin-Williams, “Self-Concept Stability and Change during Adolescence”, in Richard P. Lipka, Thomas M. Brinthaupt, editors, Self-Perspectives Across the Life Span, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 126:

     Bulliers frequently cause others to feel socially isolated and excluded through verbal, nonverbal, and physical harassment.

   • 2004, Linda Newbery, The Shell House, page 131:

     And that was that: Greg labelled as a dubious character, a bullier of young kids.

   • 2007, Martin Kantor, Lifting the Weight: Understanding Depression in Men, Its Causes and Solutions, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 179:

     […] how cautious one must be when attempting to set limits on bulliers, and how it is sometimes better to be a bit bullied and feel temporarily depressed than to […]

   • 2010, Ethan Mordden, The Guest List: How Manhattan Defined American Sophistication—from the Algonquin Round Table to Truman Capote’s Ball, Macmillan, →ISBN, unnumbered digital page:

     Even so, [Fiorello] La Guardia is commonly known as a bullier of bullies, a power-slinging crime fighter.

   • 2011, Jeffrey Kluger, The Sibling Effect:

     they can be devastating teasers and bulliers

Usage notes

• Bully is much more common and often preferred.
• Bullier is used in coordination or contrast with other words ending in "er" and with bullied.
• Bullier is used with of or a possessive to identify or characterize the bully by the identity of the target. Bully is not usually used in this way.

Etymology 2

bully +‎ -er (comparative suffix)

Adjective

bullier

1. comparative form of bully: more bully