Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who sets right; one who adjusts or redresses that which is wrong.

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

  • noun One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.

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  • adjective comparative form of right: more right
  • noun One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.

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Examples

  • This doesn't worry me--by the time I get there, one will be"righter" than the other.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Tim Stretton 2008

  • This doesn't worry me--by the time I get there, one will be"righter" than the other.

    :Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2008

  • In the end it seemed 'righter' then trying to set it all up and do it like television.

    D.A. Pennebaker: Mods And Rockers Festival: Inside Pennebaker's Soul 2008

  • Even Mr. Churchill, who has been "righter" than most and less inclined to let temporary victory affect him, at one time placed 1945 as the last conceivable period of time in which the war could continue.

    The Unfinished Task 1945

  • JM: I know your report doesn't necessarily evaluate company communications but have you seen any good examples of companies that you think are doing it right or "righter," I guess?

    GreenBiz.com Green Business News 2009

  • JM: I know your report doesn't necessarily evaluate company communications but have you seen any good examples of companies that you think are doing it right or "righter," I guess?

    GreenBiz.com Green Business News 2009

  • I thought Obi was going to go much "righter" than that.

    CANNONFIRE 2008

  • "righter" in that Collins has developed into a top-flight safety in the NFL.

    Acme Packing Company 2008

  • And so another moderate is sacrificed, and the downward spiral to an ever-righter Republican Party continues.

    A top House Republican to endorse Rubio 2010

  • And never once did they dream that I was Naass, head man of Akatan, the righter of wrongs.

    An Odyssey of the North 2010

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