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gainspeaker

gainspeaker noun: a gainsayer; opponent.

Noun

gainspeaker (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) A gainsayer; opponent.
    • To this was appended "A Brief Rehearsal of the Belief of the Good-willing in England which are named the Family of Love, With the Confession of their upright Christian Religion against the false Accusation of their Gain-speakers."1575, Strype, Annals

Forms of gainspeaker

alternative formgain-speaker

Origin of gainspeaker

From gain- + speaker.

Questions about gainspeaker

What does gainspeaker mean?
Gainspeaker means a gainsayer; opponent.
What part of speech is gainspeaker?
Gainspeaker is a noun.

Words near gainspeaker in the dictionary

  1. gainsetting
  2. gainshare
  3. gainsharing
  4. gainside
  5. gainsome
  6. gainspeaker
  7. gainspeaking
  8. gainst
  9. gainstand
  10. gainstander
  11. gainstanders

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