Despairer

//dɪˈspɛːɹə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who despairs.

    "He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs."

Example

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"He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs."

Etymology

From despair + -er.

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