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persuader|pəˈsweɪdə(r)|
[f. persuade v. + -er1. Cf. obs. F. persuadeur (15–16th c.).]
a. One who or that which persuades. Const. of a person, formerly also of an action, etc.: see the verb.
1538Elyot Dict., Persuasor, a perswader or inducer to do a thynge. 1550Bale Apol. 86 b, Neyther is S. Paule..a persuader of vowes makynge. 1580Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 281 Blamit as the persuaderis of his Hienes in sindrie thingis. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 148 The euill persuaders of rebellion preuailed with him. 1654R. Codrington tr. Iustine xxxviii. 458 His friend..was both his Companion, and his perswader to undertake this journey. 1718Rowe tr. Lucan vi. 94 The sweet Perswader speaks. 1838F. A. Kemble Resid. in Georgia (1863) 35 The canoes..are very inviting persuaders to this species of exercise.
b. slang. Something used to compel submission or obedience, as a weapon, spurs, etc.
1796Grose Dict. Vulg. T. (ed. 3), Persuaders, spurs. 1833Marryat P. Simple xii, He never appeared on deck without his ‘persuader’, which was three rattans twisted into one, like a cable. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxiv, I didn't admire his carryin' them murderous little persuaders, and being so ready to use 'em. 1862N.Y. Tribune 3 June 3/5 In the South heavy guns are called persuaders. 1871‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshm. xiv, ‘Don't you go in ‘persuaders’—spurs, you know?’ Mr. Pokyr explained. 1884W. L. Rede Sixteen String Jack ii. iv. 14/2 It's no use resisting, 'cause ve has the persuaders. Ibid., Dick, out vith your persuader! (Draggle puts a pistol to his head.) 1900Ade More Fables 54 The Colonel arose and pulled his Persuader, expecting to make it a Case of Justifiable Homicide. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 221 Persuader, a nickname for the club, or knob-kerry, carried by trench raiders. Also, bayonet. 1930Detective Fiction Weekly 10 May 48/1 Papers..held down by what crooks call a ‘sap’ or a ‘persuader’. 1935A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 87/1 Persuader, a pistol. 1964L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xlii. 258 ‘Do you have a pistol or a knife or a persuader?’ ‘I have a persuader... Two hundred dollars in singles.’ 1974P. Cave Mama (new ed.) xiv. 113 ‘How the hell are you gonna persuade the guy to pull off the road?’ asked Ethel... ‘I've thought of that,’ answered Mama coldly. ‘And that's one of the little changes... I'm gonna have to take along a little persuader.’
c. Printing. A tool used as a lever by a compositor when type matter and furniture is being fitted into a chase.
1898J. Southward Mod. Printing I. xli. 257 Fit the quoins, using the ‘persuader’ to squeeze in the pages, and tap up all round. The ‘persuader’ is usually a tool made by the compositor himself... The tool is a lever whereby the space between the type matter and the chase can be expanded.
d. Television. An electrode in the image orthicon camera tube which deflects the returning beam of scanning electrons into the electron multiplier. Freq. attrib.
1946RCA Rev. VII. 361 The persuader electrode is tied electrically to the first stage. Ibid. 362 There is no need to adjust the persuader voltage for controlling uniformity of gain. 1953Amos & Birkinshaw Television Engin. I. 108 The persuader potential can be set to any value up to +300 volts. 1967H. A. Cole Basic Televison i. 56 When they get near the electron gun, the returning electrons are diverted on to the first dynode of the electron multiplier by an electrode aptly named the persuader grid. |