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withstanders

withstanders is the plural of withstander.

Meaning of withstander

Noun

withstander (plural withstanders)

  1. A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
    • The ordinary theme and argument of history is war; which may be defined the exercise of violence under sovereign command against withstanders; force, authority, and resistance, being the essential parts thereof.1650, Walter Raleigh, “A Discourse of the Original and Fundamental Cause of Natural, Customary, Arbitrary, Voluntary and Necessary War”, in The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt., volume VIII...

Questions about withstanders

What is withstanders the plural of?
Withstanders is the plural of withstander.

Words near withstanders in the dictionary

  1. withspoken
  2. withstand
  3. withstandable
  4. withstanded
  5. withstander
  6. withstanders
  7. withstanding
  8. withstandingness
  9. withstands
  10. withstay
  11. withstayed

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