discountenancer

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noun

One who discountenances.

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Meanings

noundiscountenancer (plural discountenancers)

plural discountenancers

  1. One who discountenances.

    And it was not long ere these rumours of novelty had begotten others of scandal and murmur against the King and his government , taxing him for a great taxer of his people , and discountenancer of his nobility

    1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC

Origin

From discountenance + -er.

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APA

discountenancer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discountenancer

MLA

“discountenancer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discountenancer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discountenancer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discountenancer.

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