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despairer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈspɛːɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈspɛɹɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From despair + -er.

Meanings

1. One who despairs.
   • He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs. 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 242, page 61:
   • O despairer, here is my neck, / By God! you shall not go down! Hang your whole weight upon me. 1855 July 4, Walt Whitman, “[Song of Myself]”, in Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: [James and Andrew Rome], →OCLC, stanza 40, page 45:
   • Too quick despairer, wherefore wilt thou go? 1866, Matthew Arnold, Thrysis A Monody:

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