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gainsayers

gainsayers is the plural of gainsayer.

Meaning of gainsayer

Noun

gainsayer (plural gainsayers)

  1. One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer.
  2. A person who gainsays others; a disagreeable person.
    • First, The writer, positively asserts, "That Wood's halfpence were current among us for several months with the universal approbation of all people, without one single gainsayer".1724, “Letter IV: A Letter to the Whole People of Ireland”, in The Drapier's Letters, Jonathan Swift

Questions about gainsayers

What is gainsayers the plural of?
Gainsayers is the plural of gainsayer.

Words near gainsayers in the dictionary

  1. gainsaw
  2. gainsay
  3. gainsayable
  4. gainsayed
  5. gainsayer
  6. gainsayers
  7. gainsayest
  8. gainsayeth
  9. gainsaying
  10. gainsayings
  11. gainsays

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