fabler

fabler
A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.

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  • Fabler — Fa bler (f[=a] bl[ e]r), n. A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fabler — Recorded in many forms including Fabian, Fabien (English), Fabien (French), Fabijan and Pabian (Polish), and Fabigan, Pfabigan, Fabion, Fabel, Fabler (German), this is a surname which can only be described as European but is ultimately of Roman… …   Surnames reference

  • fabler — fable ► NOUN 1) a short story with a moral, typically featuring animals as characters. 2) a supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend. 3) myth and legend. DERIVATIVES fabler noun. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin fabula story …   English terms dictionary

  • fabler — b(ə)lə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French ableur, from fabler + eur or : fabulist …   Useful english dictionary

  • fabler — noun see fable II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fabler — See fable. * * * …   Universalium

  • fabler — n. fabulist; fable composer; person that engages in untruths and falsehoods …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fabler — n. Fabulist, writer of fables …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • fabler — fa·bler …   English syllables

  • fable — fabler, n. /fay beuhl/, n., v., fabled, fabling. n. 1. a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop s fables. 2. a story not founded on fact:… …   Universalium

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