chowderhead

US: (chou′dər hed′)

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chow•der•head  (chou′dər hed′), n. 

1. Slang Terms a stupid person;
   blockhead.

• compare Brit. dialect, dialectal (Lancashire) chowterhead, phon. variant of cholterhead, dialect, dialectal variant of jolterhead, earlier jolthead, equivalent. to jolt-, jolter- (probably akin to jolt, but sense uncertain) + head 1825–35

chow′der•head′ed, adj.