gainspeaker

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noun

A gainsayer; opponent.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

noungainspeaker (plural not attested)

alternative gain-speaker

  1. no pluralobsoleteA gainsayer; opponent.

    To this was appended "A Brief Rehearsal of the Belief of the Good-willing in England which are named the Family of Love, With the Confession of their upright Christian Religion against the false Accusation of their Gain-speakers."

    1575, Strype, Annals

Origin

From gain- + speaker.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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