appealer en · NOUN
Etymology
From appeal + -er.
Meanings
- Someone who makes an appeal; an appellant.
-
A speech act intended as an appeal.
Complex expletives in turn-final position were also used as a kind of deprecatory appealers, e.g. in God's name, for God's sake and for heaven's sake.
2014, Karin Aijmer, Bengt Altenberg, English Corpus Linguistics, page 251:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| appealers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
pt apelante (one who makes an appeal)