Debaser

//dɪˈbeɪsə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, debases.

    "[…]a most jealous and barbarous governor, a debaser of the Roman empire, a corrupter of all that was good[…]"

  2. 2
    a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) wordnet

Example

More examples

"[…]a most jealous and barbarous governor, a debaser of the Roman empire, a corrupter of all that was good[…]"

Etymology

From debase + -er.

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