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postponer|pəʊstˈpəʊnə(r)|
[f. postpone + -er1.]
One who postpones, puts off, or delays.
1533Bellenden Livy ii. xix. (S.T.S.) I. 205 Of ane tribune þar war postponare of þe public weill [L. moratorem publici commodi]. a1805Paley Serm., On Neglect of Warnings (1810) 448 These postponers never enter upon religion at all, in earnest or effectually. 1880G. Meredith Tragic Com. xiv, One of those delicious girls in the New Comedy..was called The Postponer, The Deferrer, or, as we might say, The To-Morrower. |