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ABHORRER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abhorrer mean? 

ABHORRER (noun)
  The noun ABHORRER has 1 sense:

1. a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorredplay

  Familiarity information: ABHORRER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABHORRER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("abhorrer" is a kind of...):

signatory; signer (someone who signs and is bound by a document)

Derivation:

abhor (find repugnant)


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