respecter

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noun

One who regards or judges with partiality; one who respects.

“X is no respecter of Y.”

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Meanings

nounrespecter (plural respecters)

plural respecters · alternative respector

  1. One who regards or judges with partiality; one who respects.

    For these two were old friends, old mates both at school and college, both thorough respecters of themselves and of each other, […]

    1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 16
  2. A person who respects someone or something.

    X is no respecter of Y.

Origin

From respect + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with respecter

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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