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despairers

despairers is the plural of despairer.

Meaning of despairer

Noun

despairer (plural despairers)

  1. One who despairs.
    • He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs.1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 242, page 61

Questions about despairers

What is despairers the plural of?
Despairers is the plural of despairer.

Words near despairers in the dictionary

  1. Despains
  2. despair
  3. despaire
  4. despaired
  5. despairer
  6. despairers
  7. despairest
  8. despaireth
  9. despairful
  10. despairfully
  11. despairfulness

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