English

Noun

autem prickear ‎(plural autem prickears)

1. (archaic, Britain, cant) A Dissenter; a Protestant who is not a follower of the Established Church (i.e. Church of England, Church of Scotland, etc).

Synonyms

• autem cackler

Hyponyms

• autem dipper ‎(“Anabaptist”), autem quaver ‎(“Quaker”)

References

• Grose, Francis (1788) A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper
• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, page 54
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 81