Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which deprives, takes away, divests, or bereaves.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, deprives.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Agent noun of deprive; one who deprives.

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Examples

  • "He's not this ogre, this depriver of people's rights," said Gary James, the trooper's attorney.

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2009

  • "He's not this ogre, this depriver of people's rights," the trooper's attorney, Gary James, said.

    unknown title 2009

  • "He's not this ogre, this depriver of people's rights," the trooper's attorney, Gary James, said.

    The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage 2009

  • We will speak of the second, that is, of love for delight, to whom truly no person that desires to lead a virtuous life ought to submit himself, because he is the depriver of honours, the bringer of troubles, the revealer of vices, the copious giver of vain cares and the worthy occupier of the liberty of others; a thing above all things to be held most dear.

    The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love 1340

  • o paper, maker of stomach acid. depriver of appetite. consumer of time that could be spent writing poems about my son. you will be written, damn it. previous - next

    mousepoet Diary Entry mousepoet 2002

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