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ALLAYER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does allayer mean?
• ALLAYER (noun)
The noun ALLAYER has 1 sense:
1. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
Familiarity information: ALLAYER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Context example:
an allayer of fears
Hypernyms ("allayer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
allay (lessen the intensity of or calm)
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