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ruiner|ˈruːɪnə(r)|
[f. ruin v. + -er1.]
One who or that which ruins.
1581Mulcaster Positions xliv. (1887) 286 Great hinderers to good schooling: nay extreame ruiners in cases aboue schooling. 1595B. Barnes Cent. Spir. Sonn. li. (1815) 26 The bodie's ruiner and soule's disease. 1610Bp. Hall Apol. Brownists 116, I had thought you had held vs all ruiners, not builders. 1648Boyle Seraph. Love xvi. (1700) 98 Absence and Rivals, those frequent Ruiners of other Lovers happiness. 1711Steele Spect. No. 156 ⁋3 But commend me above all others to those who are known for your Ruiners of Ladies. 1773Goldsm. Song Wks. (Globe) 688 But I will rally, and combat the ruiner; Not a look nor a smile shall my passion discover. 1814Shelley Ess. & Lett. (1852) I. 163 His path..marked with the blood of the oppressor and the ruiner. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 489 A protest against the rule of the ruiners is the dictate of prudence. |