Rebuffer

noun, verb

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Definitions

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

    "One of the church's great roles is as the great dissenter of every age, the bearer of unwelcome truths, the rebuffer of the wisdoms of the world."

Verb
  1. 1
    To buffer (data) again. transitive

    "This avoids client-side buffer underflows and rebuffering interruptions."

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"One of the church's great roles is as the great dissenter of every age, the bearer of unwelcome truths, the rebuffer of the wisdoms of the world."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From rebuff + -er.

Etymology 2

From re- + buffer.

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