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refuser|rɪˈfjuːzə(r)|
[f. as refuse v.1 + -er1.]
One who refuses; esp. a recusant (common in 17th c.).
1474Rolls of Parlt. VI. 118/2 And over that the same refuser [is] to make fyne and raunson to your Highnes. 1550Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 106 The disobearis and refusaris of the said mony. 1567Ibid. 535 The refusaris and contravenaris to be secludit fra the bosum of the Kirk. 1610Donne Pseudo-martyr 246 Drawing scandall vpon the whole cause, and afflictions vpon euery particular Refuser. 1687Jas. II in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II (O.H.S.) 211 All the Bishops in England should not excuse a refuser. 1754Richardson Grandison (1766) V. 18 The requester of a favour..perhaps shews as much self in the application as the refuser does in the denial. 1864Raine Priory Hexham (Surtees) I. Pref. i. p. xxiii, The modesty of the refuser only whetted the eagerness of the offerers.
b. Of a horse: (see refuse v.1 3 c).
1886Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 327/1 That he [a horse] should become a confirmed refuser at water. |