Definitions for queller

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

quellkwɛl(v.t.)

  1. to suppress; subdue; crush:

    to quell an uprising.

  2. to quiet; allay:

    to quell a child's fear of thunder.

Origin of quell:

bef. 900; ME; OE cwellan to kill; akin to G quӓlen to vex, ON kvelja to torment; cf. kill1

quell′er(n.)

Wiktionary

  1. queller(Noun)

    A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller.

  2. queller(Noun)

    One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Queller(noun)

    a killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller

  2. Queller(noun)

    one who quells; one who overpowers or subdues


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