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proscriber

proscriber noun: one who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.

Noun

proscriber (plural proscribers)

  1. One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.
    • In a period of quiet, he had acquired the name of a man of worth; in darker days, he left the renown of a pitiless proscriber.1848, Alphonse de Lamartine, History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution, volume 3
    • “In principle,” he declared, “proscription is not only a crime, but a fault; history is full of instances, showing how proscribers have in their turn been forced into the ranks of the proscribed."1888, “The Four Presidents of the French Republic”, in The American Magazine, volume 25, page 156

Forms of proscriber

pluralproscribers

Origin of proscriber

From proscribe + -er.

Questions about proscriber

What does proscriber mean?
Proscriber means one who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.
What part of speech is proscriber?
Proscriber is a noun.
What is the plural of proscriber?
The plural of proscriber is proscribers.

Words near proscriber in the dictionary

  1. proscolex
  2. proscolices
  3. proscribable
  4. proscribe
  5. proscribed
  6. proscriber
  7. proscribers
  8. proscribes
  9. proscribeth
  10. proscribing
  11. proscript

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