Draw"can*sir (?), n. [From the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by George Villiers called "The Rehearsal."]

A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully.

The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison.

 

© Webster 1913.

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