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discountenancer

discountenancer noun: one who discountenances.

Noun

discountenancer (plural discountenancers)

  1. One who discountenances.
    • And it was not long ere these rumours of novelty had begotten others of scandal and murmur against the King and his government , taxing him for a great taxer of his people , and discountenancer of his nobility1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...

Forms of discountenancer

pluraldiscountenancers

Origin of discountenancer

From discountenance + -er.

Questions about discountenancer

What does discountenancer mean?
Discountenancer means one who discountenances.
What part of speech is discountenancer?
Discountenancer is a noun.
What is the plural of discountenancer?
The plural of discountenancer is discountenancers.

Words near discountenancer in the dictionary

  1. discountable
  2. discountably
  3. discounted
  4. discountenance
  5. discountenanced
  6. discountenancer
  7. discountenancers
  8. discountenances
  9. discountenanceth
  10. discountenancing
  11. discounter

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