Respector

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of respecter. alt-of, alternative

    "Your petitioners would respectfully desire to impress upon the notice of your Honorable House the baneful effect of that permission upon the young and thoughtless; presenting, as it does, a powerful, and in very many instances, an irresistible inducement to drunkenness and riot, subversive of peace and order, most grievous and offensive to the respectors of that Holy Day."

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"Your petitioners would respectfully desire to impress upon the notice of your Honorable House the baneful effect of that permission upon the young and thoughtless; presenting, as it does, a powerful, and in very many instances, an irresistible inducement to drunkenness and riot, subversive of peace and order, most grievous and offensive to the respectors of that Holy Day."

Etymology

From respect + -or.

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