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reviler|rɪˈvaɪlə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who reviles or abuses.
1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 553 [Those] who haue applied themselues..to shake off the yoke of railers & reuilers. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. xi. §4 (1622) 117 He maketh Diagoras (a knowne Reuiler of all their other gods) yet to be a true worshipper of the drunken God Bacchus. 1726Pope Odyss. xxii. 498 The..base revilers of our house and name. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. iv, Avaunt! unchristian reviler, avaunt! 1836Hor. Smith Tin Trump., Idleness, Why do the revilers of the idle labour and toil with such perseverance? 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 166 The reviler who indulges in anger..may be chastened by an elder. |