Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bullies"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bully \Bul"ly\, n.; pl. {Bullies}. [Cf. LG. bullerjaan,
bullerb["a]k, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar a
bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or
cf. MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.]
1. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous;
one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent,
tyrannical fellow.
Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.
--Palmerston.
2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] --Shak.
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