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detractors

detractors is the plural of detractor.

Meaning of detractor

Noun

detractor (plural detractors)

  1. A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.
    • Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, The Daily Telegraph

Phrases with detractors

Questions about detractors

What is detractors the plural of?
Detractors is the plural of detractor.

Words near detractors in the dictionary

  1. detractious
  2. detractive
  3. detractively
  4. detractiveness
  5. detractor
  6. detractors
  7. detractory
  8. detractour
  9. detractours
  10. detractress
  11. detractresses

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