Oppugner

//əˈpjuːnə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who oppugns; an opponent.

    "Revenge and Malice were as two violent oppugners on the one ſide, but Honeſty, Religion, Feare of God, with-held him on the other."

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"Revenge and Malice were as two violent oppugners on the one ſide, but Honeſty, Religion, Feare of God, with-held him on the other."

Etymology

From oppugn + -er.

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