encounterer

E1N1C3O1U1N1T1E1R1E1R1

noun

One who encounters; an opponent or antagonist.

Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounencounterer (plural encounterers)

plural encounterers

  1. One who encounters; an opponent or antagonist.

    The doctrines of the Reformation have , for near two centuries , kept the field against all encounterers

    1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to Some Considerations on the Spirit of Martin Luther

Origin

From encounter + -er.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

encounterer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encounterer

MLA

“encounterer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encounterer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encounterer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encounterer.

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