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Contrary one
Answer for the clue "Contrary one ", 6 letters:
balker
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Word definitions for balker in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Balker \Balk"er\, n. [See last Balk .] A person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who refuses to comply [syn: baulker , noncompliant ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who, or that which balks. 2 A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.
Usage examples of balker.
Then he almost stepped off into space, and told the mare he was sorry for cussing it as a balker once he saw why the trail ran the way it did.
Then he almost stepped off into space, and told the mare he was sorry for cussing it as a balker once he saw why the trail ran the way it did.