pausern.
/ˈpɔːzə/, U.S. /ˈpɔzər/, /ˈpɑzər/ rare.
A person who pauses; a person who stops something.In quot. a1616 figurative.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > one who
intermitter1598
pausera1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iii. 111 Th' expedition of my violent Loue Out-run the pawser, Reason.
a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) 70 Why should they die, the ghastly Pauser cry'd Whom names but separate, and but forms divide?
1856 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 234 Trusters of men and women, observers of cities, solitary toilers, Pausers and contemplaters of tufts, blossoms, shells of the shore.
2002 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 24 Mar. 10 She's a virtuoso pauser and interrupter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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