Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who respects or regards: chiefly used in the phrase respecter of persons, a person who regards the external circumstances of others in his judgment, and suffers his opinion to be biased by them, to the prejudice of candor, justice, and equity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who respects.
- noun one who regards or judges with partiality.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who regards or judges with partiality; one who respects.
- noun A person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative; "X is no respecter of Y".
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative
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Examples
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But, although David Eldridge's moving new play doesn't avoid all the pitfalls, it greatly heightens our understanding of the addictive personality and shows that dependence, whether on drugs or alcohol, is no respecter of class or status.
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The apostle Peter tells us that God is no respecter of persons, but, in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.
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Sturgeon's Law is no respecter of genre boundaries.
MIND MELD: What You Should Know About Speculative Fiction and Mainstream Acceptance (Part 1) 2009
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If it is meant to be a joke it isn't amusing ... he's just disgraced the entire team, frothed one angry respecter of silverware.
Paul Azinger's chimp backs Ian Poulter's Ryder Cup breakfast Giles Richards 2010
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God is no respecter of any man and i mean man literally, so don't get it twisted.
Examining Negative Quotations that affect women image/dignity/Fundamental Rights 2009
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Il est possible que les pertes finales aillent au-delà de 50 %, mais il faut veiller à respecter un certain équilibre car même si les gouvernements s'attachent à dire que la Grèce sera un cas unique, il fera école pour les investisseurs.
Eurozone crisis live: S&P cuts French credit rating on night of downgrades - 13 January 2012 2012
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C'est un coup dur pour lui, qui se croyait vainqueur car il avait le soutien des pays étrangers, et bien justement si les citoyens iraniens ne veulent pas de sa politique, qu'ils aiment bien avoir de la dignité contre un monde contrôlé par les plus forts, il n'a qu'à respecter leur choix.
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Agatha Christy, Mary Kay … All of these provide further proof that standardized testing is no respecter of intelligence or productivity.
State Universities vs. Vouchers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As Fr. Thomas Crean ably pointed out in God Is No Delusion: A Refutation of Richard Dawkins (Ignatius Press, 2007), Dawkins might be a fine biologist, but he's not much of a philosopher or researcher or respecter of anything coming from Christian sources.
Science 2009
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She was the supreme example of how the disease of alcoholism and drug addiction is no respecter of persons, as even the most famous and most photographed woman in the world fell victim to it.
Dr. Howard Samuels: Elizabeth Taylor Found Being of Service Her Drug of Choice Dr. Howard Samuels 2011
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