Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
- noun One who goes to an encounter, or seeks encounters; one who is ready for encounter of any kind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
encounters ; anopponent orantagonist .
Etymologies
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encounter + -er
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Examples
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It is much at the service of the vagrant encounterer, and may be accosted by any chance daughters of the game.
Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884
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The rainbows themselves are somewhat astonishing, but double rainbow encounterer
www.ksbitv.com 2010
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