Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who decrees.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who decrees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who issues a
decree .
Etymologies
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decree + -er
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Examples
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"Hands off," was the imperative order of the proprietor, and I bowed to the decreer.
The American Goliah Anonymous
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His judges feel absolved from every stipulation of pardon or mercy; and, summoning to the judgment seat the quick, stem decreer -- Lynch -- in less than five minutes after the trembling wretch is launched into eternity!
The Lone Ranche Mayne Reid 1850
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