Slackener

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who slackens.

    "His only reference to the envoy who had denounced him is in respect of his conduct when Minister-General of the Franciscans as slackener of the Rule."

  2. 2
    Part of a loom that slackens the threads.

Example

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"His only reference to the envoy who had denounced him is in respect of his conduct when Minister-General of the Franciscans as slackener of the Rule."

Etymology

From slacken + -er.

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