abhorrer
IPA: ʌbhˈɔrɝ
noun
- One who abhors.
- (historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17ᵗʰ century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II.
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Examples of "abhorrer" in Sentences
- Thus the abhorrer of traitors has now become their tool.
- Whisky -- abhorrer of nature, the curse of the human species!
- At last, the vigor and courage of one Stowel of Exeter, an abhorrer, put an end to the practice.
- A sincere lover of religion, he was an abhorrer of all that he esteemed priestcraft; of all profanation, he held it to be the worst.
- "That's true, Phil, there was a touch of sense there, if not sarcasm," said the widow heartily, for she was an abhorrer of strong drink!
- I am a fellow abhorrer of Uncle Rupert, tried to get the channel to go 'good news' back in 1986 with Ian Rae, self-styled creator of Fox News. keep up the good work.
- Himself a staunch follower of Mr. Disraeli, and an abhorrer of Whiggery in all its forms, he yet found in America's struggle that which appealed both to his brain and his heart.
- "Whig" was the name given to the extreme Covenanters of the west of Scotland, and in applying it to the members of the Country party the "abhorrer" meant to stigmatize them as rebels and fanatics.
- For besides petitioner and abhorrer, appellations which were soon forgotten, this year is remarkable for being the epoch of the well-known epithets of "whig" and "tory", by which, and sometimes without any material difference, this island has been so long divided.
- A little earlier than this date, President Lincoln invited him to take the supreme command of the Federal army in the war for the Union, and he declined the offer, attractive though it must have been to him, both as a soldier and an abhorrer of slavery, because he did not think that Italy could spare him.