单词 | concessor |
释义 | concessorn. Now rare. A person who concedes. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > giver > one who grants granterc1475 concessor1660 1660 R. Sheringham Kings Supremacy Asserted vii. 75 [However] authority be granted by the Concessour to the concessary. 1715 Some Methods to supply Defects Late Peace 37 Even the most cruel Persecutors gave leave to the Concessors to recant and renounce their Errors. 1888 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 886/2 An eager recipient of favours from both sides, and a grudging concessor to either. 1912 Telephony 25 May 658/1 Each concession made, however feeble, makes the concessor have a holy, pious feeling. 2009 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 9 Jan. a14 The Palestinian jihadists are..insatiable aggressors, with Israel the concessors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1660 |
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