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discontinuor

discontinuor is the archaic form of discontinuer.

Meaning of discontinuer

Noun

discontinuer (plural discontinuers)

  1. One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.
    • He was no gadder abroad, or discontinuer from his convent, for a long time.a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Forms of discontinuor

pluraldiscontinuors

Questions about discontinuor

What is discontinuor the archaic form of?
Discontinuor is the archaic form of discontinuer.

Words near discontinuor in the dictionary

  1. discontinues
  2. discontinuing
  3. discontinuities
  4. discontinuity
  5. discontinuity systematics
  6. discontinuor
  7. discontinuors
  8. discontinuous
  9. discontinuously
  10. discontinuousness
  11. discontinuum

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