abjurer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /æbˈd͡ʒʊɹ.ɚ/ (US)
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Etymology
From abjure + -er.
Meanings
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One who abjures.
[…] to force him by tedious uncomfortable imprisonments, and extreame penury to turn a practicall Apostate and perjured abjurer of all his former Orthodox loyall Principles […]
1655, William Prynne, A New Discovery of Free-State Tyranny, London: for the author, page 25:To thys Iames Morden with other moe abiurers, it was enioyned by Bishoppe Smith, for seuen yeares, to visite the church of Lincolne twise a yeare from Amersham.
1583, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments, 4th edition, London: John Daye, Volume 2, Book 7:[N]o man can pretend to be a Believer in Love, who is an abjurer of wine—'tis the Test by which a Lover knows his own Heart—
1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, III.iii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| abjurers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| abjuror | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
nl verzaker (one who abjures) · nl afzweerder (one who abjures) · pt abjurador (one who abjures) · nl herroeper (one who abjures)