discontinuer

D2I1S1C3O1N1T1I1N1U1E1R1
/dɪskənˈtɪnjuə(ɹ)/

noun

One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.

Scrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noundiscontinuer (plural discontinuers)

plural discontinuers

  1. One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.

    He was no gadder abroad, or discontinuer from his convent, for a long time.

    a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Origin

From discontinue + -er.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

discontinuer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discontinuer

MLA

“discontinuer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discontinuer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discontinuer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discontinuer.

Source: discontinuer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.