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nullifier|ˈnʌlɪfaɪə(r)|
[f. nullify v. + -er1.]
1. One who nullifies; spec. in U.S. Hist., one who maintained the right of any State to annul, within its own boundaries, laws passed in Congress.
1832W. Irving Life & Lett. (1866) III. 44 A member of the legislature, and one of the leaders of the nullifiers. 1844Emerson New Eng. Reformers Wks. (Bohn) I. 260 So the country is frequently affording..examples of..solitary nullifiers, who throw themselves on their reserved rights. 1894Fiske Hist. Amer. 312 To the mixture of threat with persuasion the nullifiers yielded.
2. transf. (See quot.)
1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 298 Nullifier..was also applied to a sort of shoe, made like a decapitated boot, brought into fashion in the ‘nullification’ times. |