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pro-deather

pro-deather noun: a person who is supportive of the practice or legality of abortion or who is opposed to “pro-life” causes.

Noun

pro-deather (plural pro-deathers)

  1. (derogatory, uncommon) A person who is supportive of the practice or legality of abortion or who is opposed to “pro-life” causes.
    • Without realizing it, the pro-deathers and the police together end up closing the clinic down, thus preventing aboritons on that day, all to avoid violence!1995 February 21, Angie Miller, “Church Will Always Have PR Problems with World”, in Liberty Champion, Lynchburg, Virginia, retrieved 19 Nov 2022, page 13
    • Recently our local abortion rights fund received a piece of mail enjoining “pro-lifers” to “attack” abortion providers and other “peddlers of death. . . . When we shoot, we should aim for the lower spine and the buttocks. At this time we probably don’t need to kill to discourage some pro-deathers...1998, Marlene Gerber Fried, “Abortion in the United States – Legal but Inaccessible”, in Rickie Solinger, editor, Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle, 1950–2000, Berkeley, California...
    Antonyms:
    pro-lifer

Examples of pro-deather in a sentence

  • a. 2013, “Euthanasia Pro-Deather Spills the Beans”, Pro-Life Victoria, archived from the original on October 26, 2022.
  • At this time we probably don’t need to kill to discourage some pro-deathers from implementing their agenda.”1998, Marlene Gerber Fried, “Abortion in the United States – Legal but Inaccessible”, in Rickie Solinger, editor, Abortion Wars: A Half...

Antonyms of pro-deather

Forms of pro-deather

pluralpro-deathers

Origin of pro-deather

From pro-death + -er.

Questions about pro-deather

What does pro-deather mean?
Pro-deather means a person who is supportive of the practice or legality of abortion or who is opposed to “pro-life” causes.
How do you use pro-deather in a sentence?
a. 2013, “Euthanasia Pro-Deather Spills the Beans”, Pro-Life Victoria, archived from the original on October 26, 2022.
What part of speech is pro-deather?
Pro-deather is a noun.
What is the plural of pro-deather?
The plural of pro-deather is pro-deathers.

Words near pro-deather in the dictionary

  1. pro-communists
  2. pro-control
  3. pro-cure
  4. Pro-D
  5. pro-death
  6. pro-deather
  7. pro-deathers
  8. pro-democracy
  9. pro-democratic
  10. pro-drop
  11. pro-drop language

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