surrenderer

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noun

One who surrenders.

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nounsurrenderer (plural surrenderers)

plural surrenderers

  1. One who surrenders.

    A massive desk lamp shields him almost entirely from the client, who's left to contemplate a framed photograph of the professional surrenderer planting his flag atop a hill.

    2004 March 19, Justin Hayford, “Good Things in Small Spaces”, in Chicago Reader
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    I will warrant him hanged and one or two of his fellows, but you must not tell your shirt of this yet;" and when he was congratulating the government on his having at length procured the execution of Captain Hemart, the surrenderer of Grave, he added, pithily, "and you shall hear that Mr. P. B. shall follow."

    1867, John Lothrop Motley, Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who yields or surrenders

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Translations

Finnish antautuja
  • antautujaTranslations
French capitulard
  • capitulardTranslations
Polish osoba poddająca się
  • osoba poddająca sięTranslations

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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