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thwarter|ˈθwɔːtə(r)|
[f. thwart v. + -er1.]
One who or that which thwarts.
†1. One who traverses or goes across. Obs. rare—1.
a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xlix. 394 Xenomanes the great Traveller, and Thwarter of dangerous ways.
2. One who or that which obstructs the path or action of another; an opponent, adversary, obstructor, frustrater.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 2 O happy soul, that can make his thwarters that cross him, become his porters to carry him to the place of his rest. 1687Wood Life 16 Aug. (O.H.S.) III. 224 Dr. Fell..would never suffer him to beare that office because a thwarter of him in severall public matters. 1738tr. Guazzo's Art Conversation 71 Those whom I call Contentious and Thwarters are, for the most Part, gross, thick-headed Fellows. 1869Hughes Alfred Gt. xii. 141 The thwarters of the King's will repented. |