forsakern.
/fəˈseɪkə/, /fɔːˈseɪkə/, U.S. /fərˈseɪkər/ Now rare.
One who forsakes.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun] > forsaking > one who forsakes
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > deserting a person or thing > one who
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxx. 1 Wo! ȝee sonus forsakeres seith the Lord.
c1450 W. Lichefeld Complaint of God (Lamb. 853) l. 435 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 219 Of synne ben a verri forsaker.
1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 139 They may justly be called forsakers and traytors.
1821 Examiner 803/2 The faithless forsakers of Parga.
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such ix. 159 In this sort of love it is the forsaker who has the melancholy lot.
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