vindicatorn.
/ˈvɪndᵻkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈvɪndəˌkeɪdər/ One who vindicates, in various senses of the verb.
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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > one who rescues or delivers
leesera1300
delivererc1350
savioura1382
ransomera1400
salvatora1400
savera1400
ridder1533
rescuer1535
redeemer1552
saviouress1563
vindicator1566
sospitator1650
redemptor1858
salvationist1971
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > vindication > one who
vindicator1566
asserter1644
assertor1647
vindictor1677
society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > one who inflicts
wreakera1300
wrechera1325
vengera1340
vengesour1382
avenger1388
vengeancerc1440
revengera1522
nemesis1542
alastor1603
vindicator1827
retributor1844
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > avenger of injured or injury
wreakera1300
wrechera1325
vengera1340
vengesour1382
vengeancerc1440
revengera1522
avenger1535
vindicator1827
1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xvii. f. 41 For as Romulus was the firste builder, and peopler of that citie, so was Camillus, the vindicator and deliuerer of the same.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 314 Dr. Twisse, and all our modern vindicators of grace.
1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxxviii A Noble Soul is better pleas'd with a Zealous Vindicator of Roman Liberty; than with a Temporizing Poet.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 137 A man, who, in the memory of many present, had sate in that House an earnest vindicator of the Laws.
1714 J. Fortescue-Aland Fortescue's Governance of Eng. Ded. 4 Our Author was so great a Lover and Vindicator of it [the English Constitution].
1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 32/1 A certain vindicator of the Marbles..has taken occasion..to insult..Le Clerc.
1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. xiv. 331 When this eager vindicator of betrayed innocence arrived in the capital of Hyder.
1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1855) 1st Ser. xi. 190 Job knew that God was the vindicator of wrongs.
1884 Spectator 4 Oct. 1320/2 Our author..has..entered the lists..as the vindicator of the claims of the Highland Crofters.
Derivatives
ˈvindicatorship n. rare the personality of a vindicator.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > vindication > one who > personality of
vindicatorship1695
1695 J. Sage Fund. Charter Presbytery (1697) l 4 It was necessary for his Vindicatorship to justify this Separation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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