thwarters

Noun

thwarter (plural thwarters)

1. A person or thing that thwarts.
   • If Paul, in diſmiſſing, had conſidered only his natural cruelty, or his folly, real or affected, perhaps the meaſure would have been applauded but he appeared to aim at puniſing the man devoted to his mother, and the thwarter of his military innovations, which were too abrupt and too ill-directed1802, (Author unknown), “Character of Suvarrof”, in Edinburgh Magazine: or Literary Miscellany, page 119
2. (obsolete) A disease in sheep, characterised by trembling, or convulsion.