Forbidder

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who forbids.

    "[...] [A]nd other care perhaps / May have diverted from continual watch / Our great Forbidder, ſafe with all his Spies / About him."

Example

More examples

"[...] [A]nd other care perhaps / May have diverted from continual watch / Our great Forbidder, ſafe with all his Spies / About him."

Etymology

From forbid + -er.

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