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abolisher

US/əˈbɑl.ɪʃ.ɚ/

abolisher is the agent noun of abolish.

Meaning of abolish

Verb

abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)

  1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
    • Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
    Antonyms:
    establish, found
  2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
    • And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

Forms of abolisher

pluralabolishers

Origin of abolisher

From abolish + -er.

Questions about abolisher

What is abolisher the agent noun of?
Abolisher is the agent noun of abolish.
How do you pronounce abolisher?
Abolisher is pronounced /əˈbɑl.ɪʃ.ɚ/ (US).

Words near abolisher in the dictionary

  1. aboiteaux
  2. abolish
  3. abolishable
  4. abolished
  5. abolishedst
  6. abolisher
  7. abolishers
  8. abolishes
  9. abolishest
  10. abolisheth
  11. abolishing

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