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respector

respector is the alternative form of respecter.

Meaning of respecter

Noun

respecter (plural respecters)

  1. One who regards or judges with partiality; one who respects.
    • For these two were old friends, old mates both at school and college, both thorough respecters of themselves and of each other, […]1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 16
  2. A person who respects someone or something.
    • X is no respecter of Y.

Forms of respector

pluralrespectors

Origin of respector

From respect + -or.

Questions about respector

What is respector the alternative form of?
Respector is the alternative form of respecter.

Words near respector in the dictionary

  1. respectively
  2. respectiveness
  3. respectless
  4. respectlessly
  5. respectlessness
  6. respector
  7. respectors
  8. respects
  9. respectuous
  10. respectworthy
  11. respek

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