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baf·fler
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bafflernoun
Something that causes one to be baffled, particularly a difficult puzzle or riddle.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bafflernoun
He that puts to confusion, or defeats.
Etymology: from baffle.
Experience, that great baffler of speculation, assures us the thing is too possible, and brings, in all ages, matter of fact to confute our suppositions. Government of the Tongue, § 2.
Wikipedia
baffler
The Baffler is an American magazine of cultural, political, and business analysis. Established in 1988 by editors Thomas Frank and Keith White, it was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, until 2010, when it moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2016, it moved its headquarters to New York City. The first incarnation of The Baffler had up to 12,000 subscribers.As of 2016, the magazine and its collections of essays are distributed through bookstores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Webster Dictionary
Bafflernoun
one who, or that which, baffles
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of baffler in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of baffler in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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