NULLIFIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nullifier mean? 

• NULLIFIER (noun)
  The noun NULLIFIER has 2 senses:

1. an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws

2. an official who can invalidate or nullify

  Familiarity information: NULLIFIER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NULLIFIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Derivation:

nullify (declare invalid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An official who can invalidate or nullify

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

invalidator; nullifier; voider

Context example:

my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was

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

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Derivation:

nullify (declare invalid)