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recanter

recanter noun: one who recants.

Noun

recanter (plural recanters)

  1. One who recants.
    • It is not merely that the recanters significantly outnumbered the martyrs. They were also a much more exalted company. None of those executed for heresy in this period were religious leaders of any great significance[…]2003, Alec Ryrie, The Gospel and Henry VIII, page 85

Forms of recanter

pluralrecanters

Origin of recanter

From recant + -er.

Questions about recanter

What does recanter mean?
Recanter means one who recants.
What part of speech is recanter?
Recanter is a noun.
What is the plural of recanter?
The plural of recanter is recanters.

Words near recanter in the dictionary

  1. recant
  2. recantable
  3. recantation
  4. recantations
  5. recanted
  6. recanter
  7. recanters
  8. recantest
  9. recanteth
  10. recanting
  11. recantingly

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