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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who encounters; an opponent or antagonist.

   "The doctrines of the Reformation have , for near two centuries , kept the field against all encounterers"

Example

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"The doctrines of the Reformation have , for near two centuries , kept the field against all encounterers"

Etymology

From encounter + -er.

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