† encounterern.
Obsolete.
a. One who or that which encounters; an adversary, opponent.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent
adversaryc1350
contraryc1405
overthwarter?c1450
party1488
opposant1489
oppositec1500
encounterer1523
oppugner1535
header1537
opponent1553
antagonist1555
crosser1565
adverse1593
oppositor1598
oppugnator1611
stickler1612
opposera1616
antipos1631
thwarter1633
Antarctic1637
contrariant1657
foe1697
oppositionist1786
oppugnanta1834
counterworker1867
contester1884
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxix. 206 They..rode close togyder in good aray..but they founde no encounterers.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 255 In another respect arte is as it were an encountrer and contrary to nature.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xx. 151 The earth did groan With feet of proud encounterers.
1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) ii. x. 70 The Lion..will strike such a stroke with his tail, that he will break the back of his Encounterer with it.
b. One who meets (another) half-way; a ‘forward’ person, coquette. rare.
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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt
toyer1577
encounterer1609
philander1676
coquette1710
flirter1814
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 59 Oh these encounterers so glib of tongue.
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