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defier|dɪˈfaɪə(r)|
[f. defy v.1 + -er1.]
One who defies, challenges, or braves.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. Turkie iv. xiii. 126 Zatasnicis, which signifieth..defyers of men, for that every one of them are bounde to fight agaynst tenne. 1612Two Noble K. v. i. 120, I am..To those that boast, and have not, a defyer. 1703Rowe Ulyss. v. i, This Defier of the Gods. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 372 The girls..more sturdy defiers of heat, and cold, and wet, than boys themselves. |