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Withstander

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.

    "The ordinary theme and argument of history is war; which may be defined the exercise of violence under sovereign command against withstanders; force, authority, and resistance, being the essential parts thereof."

  2. 2
    a fighter who holds out against attack wordnet
  3. 3
    an opponent who resists with force or resolution wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English withstonder, equivalent to withstand + -er.

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