See Also: trembler(dictionary)

trembler (iou)



trembler noun. ME.
[from TREMBLE verb + -ER1.]
A person who trembles, esp. with fear; a timorous or terrified person. ME.
A member of a religious sect having devotional exercises accompanied by trembling, quaking, or shaking; spec. a Quaker. obsolete exc. Hist. L17.
Any of several thrashers (birds) of the genera Cinclocerthia and Ramphocinclus which have the habit of violent shaking, found in the Lesser Antilles. M19.
Electricity. A vibrating spring blade which alternately makes and breaks the circuit in an induction coil; such a blade used as a security device sensitive to physical disturbance. L19.
Comb.: trembler bell an electric bell rung by a hammer attached to a trembler.