Aginner

//əˈɡɪnɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An oppositional person, especially one opposed to government actions and projects.

    "Being an aginner carries prestige without asking for contribution. Some clergy succumb to the temptation of being aginners. They are difficult to befriend. Because they must be alert to imperfections, they never relax their fault-finding vigilance."

Example

More examples

"Being an aginner carries prestige without asking for contribution. Some clergy succumb to the temptation of being aginners. They are difficult to befriend. Because they must be alert to imperfections, they never relax their fault-finding vigilance."

Etymology

From agin (“against”) + -er.

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