pantiler

Meaning

Noun

• A preaching Dissenter.

Origin

• pantile + -er. Hotten suggests a derivation from the slang pantile, because of the distinctive sugar-loaf hats worn by Puritans, or the habit of Quakers and many Dissenters of not removing their hats in a place of worship; or else from pantile with which the meeting-houses of Dissenters were usually covered.