Alienator
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who alienates.
"To one like Elia, whose treasures are rather cased in leather covers, than closed in iron coffers, there is a class of alienators more formidable than that which I have touched upon; I mean, your borrowers of books—those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes."
- 2 an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile wordnet
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More examples"To one like Elia, whose treasures are rather cased in leather covers, than closed in iron coffers, there is a class of alienators more formidable than that which I have touched upon; I mean, your borrowers of books—those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes."
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