Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who postpones or puts off; a procrastinator.

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

  • noun One who defers or puts off.

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

  • noun One who defers or puts off.

Etymologies

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defer +‎ -er

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Examples

  • It's one thing for five-time draft-deferrer (and Known Coward) Dick Cheney to say this crap, but Giuliani?

    romulan ale 2007

  • It's one thing for five-time draft-deferrer (and Known Coward) Dick Cheney to say this crap, but Giuliani?

    treason's harbour 2007

  • Ainsi il trouva maniere de se deferrer, et adoncques s'en sortit de la prison emportant avecques luy le singe.

    A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878

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