† encounterern.

Forms: Also 1500s enconterer.

Etymology: < encounter v. + -er suffix¹.

Obsolete.

a. One who or that which encounters; an adversary, opponent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent

adversaryc1350

contraryc1405

overthwarter?c1450

party1488

opposant1489

oppositec1500

encounterer1523

oppugner1535

header1537

opponent1553

antagonist1555

crosser1565

adverse1593

oppositor1598

oppugnator1611

stickler1612

opposera1616

antipos1631

thwarter1633

Antarctic1637

contrariant1657

foe1697

oppositionist1786

oppugnanta1834

counterworker1867

contester1884

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxix. 206 They..rode close togyder in good aray..but they founde no encounterers.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 255 In another respect arte is as it were an encountrer and contrary to nature.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xx. 151 The earth did groan With feet of proud encounterers.

1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) ii. x. 70 The Lion..will strike such a stroke with his tail, that he will break the back of his Encounterer with it.

b. One who meets (another) half-way; a ‘forward’ person, coquette. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt

toyer1577

encounterer1609

philander1676

coquette1710

flirter1814

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 59 Oh these encounterers so glib of tongue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	encounterer
释义	† encounterern. Forms: Also 1500s enconterer. Etymology: < encounter v. + -er suffix¹. Obsolete. a. One who or that which encounters; an adversary, opponent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent adversaryc1350 contraryc1405 overthwarter?c1450 party1488 opposant1489 oppositec1500 encounterer1523 oppugner1535 header1537 opponent1553 antagonist1555 crosser1565 adverse1593 oppositor1598 oppugnator1611 stickler1612 opposera1616 antipos1631 thwarter1633 Antarctic1637 contrariant1657 foe1697 oppositionist1786 oppugnanta1834 counterworker1867 contester1884 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clxix. 206 They..rode close togyder in good aray..but they founde no encounterers. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 255 In another respect arte is as it were an encountrer and contrary to nature. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xx. 151 The earth did groan With feet of proud encounterers. 1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) ii. x. 70 The Lion..will strike such a stroke with his tail, that he will break the back of his Encounterer with it. b. One who meets (another) half-way; a ‘forward’ person, coquette. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt toyer1577 encounterer1609 philander1676 coquette1710 flirter1814 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 59 Oh these encounterers so glib of tongue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1523
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