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SUBDUER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subduer mean?
• SUBDUER (noun)
The noun SUBDUER has 1 sense:
1. someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
Familiarity information: SUBDUER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
overcomer; subduer; surmounter
Hypernyms ("subduer" is a kind of...):
controller; restrainer (a person who directs and restrains)
Derivation:
subdue (bring under control by force or authority)
subdue (put down by force or intimidation)
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