Noun: caviler ka-vu-lur
Usage: US (elsewhere: caviller)
Usage: US (elsewhere: caviller)
- A disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
"The caviler's constant nitpicking slowed down the meeting";
- quibbler, caviller [Brit, Cdn], pettifogger [archaic]
Derived forms: cavilers
Type of: malcontent