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defier

UK/dɪˈfaɪ(j)ə(ɹ)/

defier noun: someone who dares, challenges or defies.

Noun

defier (plural defiers)

  1. Someone who dares, challenges or defies.
    • She droops not; and her eyes rising so high might be hidden by distance; but, being what they are, they cannot be hidden; through the treble veil of crape which she wears, the fierce light of a blazing misery, that rests not for matins or for vespers, for noon of day or noon of night, for ebbing or...c. 1859, Thomas de Quincey, Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow

defier meaning in Tamil

defier in Tamil

எதிர்ப்பவர்

Forms of defier

pluraldefiers

Origin of defier

From defy + -er.

Questions about defier

What does defier mean?
Defier means someone who dares, challenges or defies.
What is defier in Tamil?
Defier in Tamil is எதிர்ப்பவர். See Defier meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is defier?
Defier is a noun.
How do you pronounce defier?
Defier is pronounced /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of defier?
The plural of defier is defiers.

Words near defier in the dictionary

  1. defictionalizing
  2. defiddle
  3. defie
  4. defied
  5. defied belief
  6. defier
  7. defiers
  8. defies
  9. defies belief
  10. defiest
  11. defieth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: defier (page history and authors); defier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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