waverern.

Brit.

/ˈweɪv(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˈweɪv(ə)rər/

Etymology: < waver v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who wavers; one who is undecided or vacillates in opinion or choice; one who falters in allegiance or hesitates to embrace a particular party or cause.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person

demurrer1533

hanger1536

staggerer1552

hobbler1575

tennis ball1589

waverer1597

halter1608

suspender1625

waver1667

fluttererc1726

oscillator1798

pendulum1818

shilly-shallyer1832

shilly-shally1834

wobbler1837

hesitater1853

dilly-dallier1880

vacillator1890

haverer1947

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 89 But come yong Wauerer, come goe with mee.

1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. xxviii. 134 I went to Cloria, unto whom I discovered the desires of my waverer [Fr. (1626) 744 les desseins de cet inconstant].

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 405 The waverers thought it time to declare themselves.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 271 More than one waverer was kept steady by being assured in confident terms that a speedy restoration was inevitable.

1885 Manch. Guard. 20 July 5/5 A section of waverers who have inclined lately to the Tory side.

b. Historical. The name given to a section of Peers who were willing to make terms with the Reform government of 1832 rather than wreck the Upper House.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > specific principles or policies > peer who made terms with reformers

waverer1832

1832 C. C. F. Greville Mem. 27 Mar. (1874) II. 273 I have no doubt that all the ultras will be deeply mortified at the moderation of Lord Grey and of the Duke of Wellington, and at the success so far of ‘the Waverers’.

1886 T. E. Kebbel Hist. Toryism iv. 210 The second reading of the Bill had been carried in the Lords.., with the help of the well-known ‘Waverers’, led by Lords Harrowby and Wharncliffe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	waverer
释义	waverern. Brit. /ˈweɪv(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈweɪv(ə)rər/ Etymology: < waver v. + -er suffix¹. a. One who wavers; one who is undecided or vacillates in opinion or choice; one who falters in allegiance or hesitates to embrace a particular party or cause. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person demurrer1533 hanger1536 staggerer1552 hobbler1575 tennis ball1589 waverer1597 halter1608 suspender1625 waver1667 fluttererc1726 oscillator1798 pendulum1818 shilly-shallyer1832 shilly-shally1834 wobbler1837 hesitater1853 dilly-dallier1880 vacillator1890 haverer1947 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 89 But come yong Wauerer, come goe with mee. View more context for this quotation 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. xxviii. 134 I went to Cloria, unto whom I discovered the desires of my waverer [Fr. (1626) 744 les desseins de cet inconstant]. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 405 The waverers thought it time to declare themselves. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 271 More than one waverer was kept steady by being assured in confident terms that a speedy restoration was inevitable. 1885 Manch. Guard. 20 July 5/5 A section of waverers who have inclined lately to the Tory side. b. Historical. The name given to a section of Peers who were willing to make terms with the Reform government of 1832 rather than wreck the Upper House. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > specific principles or policies > peer who made terms with reformers waverer1832 1832 C. C. F. Greville Mem. 27 Mar. (1874) II. 273 I have no doubt that all the ultras will be deeply mortified at the moderation of Lord Grey and of the Duke of Wellington, and at the success so far of ‘the Waverers’. 1886 T. E. Kebbel Hist. Toryism iv. 210 The second reading of the Bill had been carried in the Lords.., with the help of the well-known ‘Waverers’, led by Lords Harrowby and Wharncliffe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1597
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