Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who says.
- noun One who assays, tests, or tries; an inspector or assayer: as, the market sayer's duty was to prevent unwholesome food from being sold in the market.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who says; an utterer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
says ; one who makesannouncements ; acrier .
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Examples
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* sigh* More gloom-and-doom regarding the education sector from a nay-sayer, which is right when it comes to the ludicrous prices Linden Lab charges for both islands and SL Enterprise compared to Reaction Grid and OSGrid, but not quite there yet when it comes to the population figures necessary to sustain those alternative grids.
World of SL Crap in the morning 2010
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My reputation in London, however, is normally as a "do-er" rather than as Lord Mayor, a "sayer", and certainly not as a "soothsayer", and anyway, my thoughts and mission here in Canada at this moment in time are to assist others to promote greater trading between our two countries-to speak about Britain and British products.
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The fine tall sakhoos in the Tarae forest are called "sayer"; the knotted, stunted, and crooked shakoos, beyond the forest, are called
A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822
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"Not thinkin ', just sayin'" serves to absolve the "sayer" of the logical consequences of whatever words follow.
RedState 2009
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As a huge nay-sayer of the 3D trend, the footage I saw changed my mind.
Gorgeous New AVATAR Trailer Online « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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In a nutshell the footage shown was very impressive, especially for a nay-sayer of 3D like me.
[VIDEO] Avatar Day Thoughts « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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Like sayer said 10/22 are good guns and if you can find a used one you can get one at a decent price.
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Any movie that has to do with Iraq war is going to be political, even if its not blatantly obvious at first, some nay-sayer such as Moore, or political critic will find some aspect to reveal which side the movie is leaning to.
Michael Moore’s Top 20 Movies of 2009 and Why The Hurt Locker is “Very Political” | /Film 2010
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Like sayer said 10/22 are good guns and if you can find a used one you can get one at a decent price.
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The ney sayer party and Dick should be kicked out ....
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