abolisher

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US/əˈbɑl.ɪʃ.ɚ/US/əˈbɑl.əʃ.ɚ/

A form of abolish — To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

First used the 16ᵗʰ century.Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounabolisher (plural abolishers)

plural abolishers

  1. 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 16
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    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. x

    Alastors, 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

Origin

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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