Ruiner
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who ruins.
"There was a ruined uncle in the family group—ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, but accepting the fact as something that could not be helped."
- 2 a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to wordnet
Example
More examples"There was a ruined uncle in the family group—ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, but accepting the fact as something that could not be helped."
Etymology
From ruin + -er.
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