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† enˈcounterer Obs.
Also 6 enconterer.
[f. encounter v. + -er.]
One who or that which encounters; an adversary, opponent.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. clxix. 206 They..rode close togyder in good aray..but they founde no encounterers. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. (Arb.) 310 In another respect arte is as it were an encountrer and contrary to nature. c1611Chapman Iliad xx. 151 The earth did groan With feet of proud encounterers. 1656H. More Antid. Ath. ii. x. (1712) 70 The Lion..will strike such a stroke with his tail, that he will break the back of his Encounterer with it.
b. One who meets (another) half-way; a ‘forward’ person, coquette. rare—1.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. v. 58 Oh these encounterers so glib of tongue. |