单词 | thwarter |
释义 | thwartern. One who or that which thwarts. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] pilgrimlOE travellera1387 farandman14.. passengera1450 walkerc1450 voyager1477 viator?1504 journeyer1566 viadant1632 wayman1638 thwarter1693 migrant1760 inside1799 mover1810 starter1817 itinerarian1822 trekker1851 farer1881 passager1917 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlix. 394 Xenomanes the great Traveller, and Thwarter of dangerous ways. 2. One who or that which obstructs the path or action of another; an opponent, adversary, obstructor, frustrater. ΘΚΠ 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 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 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 2) 39 O happie soule that can make..his thwarters that crosse him, become his Porters to carry him, to the place of his rest. 1687 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 224 Dr. Fell..would never suffer him to beare that office because a thwarter of him in severall public matters. 1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 71 Those whom I call Contentious and Thwarters are, for the most Part, gross, thick-headed Fellows. 1869 T. Hughes Alfred the Great xii. 141 The thwarters of the King's will repented. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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