Abhorrer
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who abhors.
"Be they what they may, the barbarities of the Catholics of those times had their limits: but of this abhorrer of Catholic barbarities, the barbarity has, in respect of the number of intended victims, no limits other than those of time."
- 2 a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred wordnet
- 3 A nickname given in the early 17ᵗʰ century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II. capitalized, historical, sometimes
"Pretty much as Lincoln is thus supposed to arise out of the word fleas, so (according to Rapin) do the words Whig and Tory arise out of addresser and abhorrer[…]"
Synonyms
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More examples"Be they what they may, the barbarities of the Catholics of those times had their limits: but of this abhorrer of Catholic barbarities, the barbarity has, in respect of the number of intended victims, no limits other than those of time."
Etymology
From abhor + -er.
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