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obstructor|əbˈstrʌktə(r)|
Also 7 -our, 7–9 -er.
[agent-n. on L. type, f. obstruĕre to obstruct: cf. constructor, instructor.]
One who or that which obstructs, stands in the way of, or impedes; a hinderer; an opponent of progress.
1649J. Goodwin (title) The Obstructours of Justice. 1665Walton Life Hooker in H.'s Wks. (1888) I. 34 The common people became so fanatic, as to believe the bishops to be Antichrist, and the only obstructors of God's Discipline. 1672W. de Britaine Dutch Usurp. 33 The Hollanders are the great Supplanters of Trade, and Obstructers of Commerce. 1755Johnson, Obstructer, one that hinders or opposes. 1884Manch. Exam. 22 May 5/1 [He] had chosen to turn himself into a deliberate obstructor of Irish measures. |