† non-swearern.
Obsolete (historical in later use).
= nonjuror n.
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non-subscriber1599
non-scriber1650
non-swearer1690
nonjurant1691
nonjuror1691
1690 Let. to Dissenting Clergyman 10 Some of the Gentlemen..are such as have admired even the meanest of the Non-Swearers.
1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 326 One Wilcox, a nonswearer parson.
1693 in tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely Pref. p. xi The best Use of this is to be made by the Non-swearers.
1862 J. Francis Hist. Bank of Eng. 325 As soon as the plan became generally known, a paper war broke out as furious as that between the swearers and the non-swearers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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