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recoiler|rɪˈkɔɪlə(r)|
[f. recoil v.1 + -er1.]
One who recoils.
a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 98 He became an humble Suppliant to his Majesty, that he might have his Leave to return for Italy... As if this recoiler had told him no news, he spake but little, and dismissed him. 1813Memoir Sir J. E. Smith (1832) II. 351 Shall the Patriot e'er prove a recoiler? 1840Browning Sordello iv. 758 Recoil? That's nought; if the recoiler leaves His name for me to fight with, no one grieves. |