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dissuader

dissuader noun: one who dissuades.

Noun

dissuader (plural dissuaders)

  1. One who dissuades.
    • From all our experience on the subject, Members of Parliament have always been the dissuaders of the attempts of Dissenters; among whom an almost irrepressible impatience and disgust at their and their leaders' apathy have long existed.1827, The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, page 303
    Synonyms:
    dehorter

Synonyms of dissuader

Forms of dissuader

pluraldissuaders

Origin of dissuader

From dissuade + -er.

Questions about dissuader

What does dissuader mean?
Dissuader means one who dissuades.
What part of speech is dissuader?
Dissuader is a noun.
What is the plural of dissuader?
The plural of dissuader is dissuaders.

Words near dissuader in the dictionary

  1. disstrack
  2. disstracks
  3. dissuadable
  4. dissuade
  5. dissuaded
  6. dissuader
  7. dissuaders
  8. dissuades
  9. dissuading
  10. dissuadings
  11. dissuasion

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