obstructorn.

Brit.

/əbˈstrʌktə/, U.S.

/əbˈstrəktər/,

/ɑbˈstrəktər/

Forms: 1600s obstructour, 1600s– obstructor.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin obstruct- , obstruere , -or suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin obstruct-, past participial stem of obstruere (see obstruct v.) + -or suffix. Compare obstructer n.

A person who or thing which obstructs; a hinderer; spec. an opponent of progress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > person

letterc1390

interrupter1511

blancher1548

crosser1565

dog in the manger1573

thwarter1633

obstructer1647

obstructor1647

obstructive1835

filibusterer1856

1647 Army brought to Barre (title) They are..obstructors to the happinesse of the King and People.

1649 J. Goodwin (title) The obstructours of justice.

1665 I. Walton Life of Hooker in Hooker'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.

1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly I. ix. 215 As the obstructor of his designs, Wiatte way-laid and assaulted Clithero.

1884 Manch. Examiner 22 May 5/1 [He] had chosen to turn himself into a deliberate obstructor of Irish measures.

1915 Amer. Econ. Rev. 5 652 Organization from the time of Adam Smith to the present has been thought to be an obstructor of free competition.

1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 21 Aug. (Calendar section) 20 I was disappointed that the real obstructors remained in the background.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obstructor
释义	obstructorn. Brit. /əbˈstrʌktə/, U.S. /əbˈstrəktər/, /ɑbˈstrəktər/ Forms: 1600s obstructour, 1600s– obstructor. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin obstruct- , obstruere , -or suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin obstruct-, past participial stem of obstruere (see obstruct v.) + -or suffix. Compare obstructer n. A person who or thing which obstructs; a hinderer; spec. an opponent of progress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > person letterc1390 interrupter1511 blancher1548 crosser1565 dog in the manger1573 thwarter1633 obstructer1647 obstructor1647 obstructive1835 filibusterer1856 1647 Army brought to Barre (title) They are..obstructors to the happinesse of the King and People. 1649 J. Goodwin (title) The obstructours of justice. 1665 I. Walton Life of Hooker in Hooker'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. 1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly I. ix. 215 As the obstructor of his designs, Wiatte way-laid and assaulted Clithero. 1884 Manch. Examiner 22 May 5/1 [He] had chosen to turn himself into a deliberate obstructor of Irish measures. 1915 Amer. Econ. Rev. 5 652 Organization from the time of Adam Smith to the present has been thought to be an obstructor of free competition. 1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 21 Aug. (Calendar section) 20 I was disappointed that the real obstructors remained in the background. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647
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