nonswearer

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noun

One who does not swear.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounnonswearer (plural nonswearers)

plural nonswearers

  1. One who does not swear.

    Three of the group were considered nonswearers. The others' swearing tended to be blasphemous rather than obscene, a fact that could be attributed partly to their middle-class background and partly to the mixed gender company.

    2005, Ruth Wajnryb, Expletive Deleted: A Good Look at Bad Language, page 146

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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