Meanings
plural abolishers
- agentAgent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.First known use the 16ᵗʰ century.
[…] I am not come to bee an abolisher of the lawe.
1548, Nicholas Udall, transl., The First Tome or Volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: Edward Whitchurche, Luke 162 more examples
I would not be thought a Reviver of old Rites and Ceremonies to the Burdening of the People, nor an Abolisher of innocent Customs, which are their Pleasures and Recreations […]
1725, Henry Bourne, Antiquitates Vulgares: or, The Antiquities of the Common People, Newcastle, Preface, p. xAlastors, Austenites, A-test Abolishers—even the straightest Of issues looks pretty oblique When a movement turns into a clique,
1968, Kingsley Amis, “After Goliath”, in A Look Round the Estate: Poems 1957-1967, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, pages 7-8
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Translations
Dutch afschaffer
- afschafferone who abolishes
Latin abolitor
- abolitorone who abolishes
Portuguese abolidor
- abolidorone who abolishes
Scottish Gaelic mì-laghachair
- mì-laghachairone who abolishes
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