queller

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person or thing that suppresses, subdues, or puts an end to resistance, disorder, or a strong feeling

   The general was celebrated as the queller of the rebellion.

2. 2
   noun

   archaic: a killer or slayer

   The ballad praised Jack as a queller of giants.

From Middle English queller and Old English cwellere, 'killer,' based on cwellan, 'to kill.' As quell softened from 'kill' to 'subdue or suppress,' queller likewise developed its common later sense.

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