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recanters

recanters is the plural of recanter.

Meaning of recanter

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

Questions about recanters

What is recanters the plural of?
Recanters is the plural of recanter.

Words near recanters in the dictionary

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

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