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condescender

condescender noun: one who condescends.

Noun

condescender (plural condescenders)

  1. One who condescends.
    • It was almost a surprise to remember that he could be proud—that he was proud—of all that he had seen and done abroad, and to feel himself distinguished by the habituated worldliness that since his homecoming had seemed to mark him only as a deserter, a tiresome condescender, and an apostate — not...2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 34

Forms of condescender

pluralcondescenders

Origin of condescender

From condescend + -er.

Questions about condescender

What does condescender mean?
Condescender means one who condescends.
What part of speech is condescender?
Condescender is a noun.
What is the plural of condescender?
The plural of condescender is condescenders.

Words near condescender in the dictionary

  1. condescendedst
  2. condescendence
  3. condescendences
  4. condescendencies
  5. condescendency
  6. condescender
  7. condescenders
  8. condescendest
  9. condescendeth
  10. condescending
  11. condescending upon

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