Thwarter
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person or thing that thwarts.
"If Paul, in diſmiſſing, had conſidered only his natural cruelty, or his folly, real or affected, perhaps the meaſure would have been applauded but he appeared to aim at puniſing the man devoted to his mother, and the thwarter of his military innovations, which were too abrupt and too ill-directed"
- 2 someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take wordnet
- 3 A disease in sheep, characterised by trembling, or convulsion. obsolete
Example
More examples"If Paul, in diſmiſſing, had conſidered only his natural cruelty, or his folly, real or affected, perhaps the meaſure would have been applauded but he appeared to aim at puniſing the man devoted to his mother, and the thwarter of his military innovations, which were too abrupt and too ill-directed"
Etymology
From thwart + -er.
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