presumern.
/prᵻˈzjuːmə/, U.S. /priˈz(j)umər/, /prəˈz(j)umər/ 1. A presumptuous person. Now rare.
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the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [noun] > person
overweener1340
presumer1509
assumer1600
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1509 J. Fisher Serm. Henry VIJ (de Worde) sig. Aiij Of suche presumers scant one amonge a .M. cometh vnto this grace.
?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda i. Ah poore Erastus art thou dead already, What bould presumer durst be so resolued.
1645 J. Milton Colasterion 2 An illiterat, and arrogant presumer in that which hee understands not.
1683 J. Dryden Prol. to the King & Queen sig. Bv We'll take no blundring Verse, no fustian Tumour, No dribling Love, from this or that Presumer.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xv. 86 That these presumers appear not in this very unworthy light to some of your friends, is, because their defects are not so striking to them, as to others.
1792 T. Paine Rights of Man: Pt. Second iv. 55 Mr. Burke is such a bold presumer.
1809 M. Holford Wallace v. lxv. 224 The bold presumer falls at last!
1845 A. M. Hall Whiteboy I. viii. 124 The broad, vulgar, pompous presumer who dared to talk of ‘his family’.
1876 W. Marston Favourite of Fortune i. 86 Deign to accept my thanks..for a deserved reproof which a flippant presumer too seldom meets with.
2000 Publishers Weekly (Nexis) 2 Oct. 55 An army of presumers who presumed to legislate what everyone else did, thought, felt, should do, should think, should feel.
2. A person who assumes or takes something for granted, without proof or good evidence.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] > one who takes for granted
presumer1692
1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration vii. 158 He must pass for an admirable Presumer, who will seriously affirm that it is presumable that all those who conform to the National Religion where it is true, do so understand, believe and practice it, as to be in the way of Salvation.
1708 H. Dodwell Nat. Mortality Humane Souls 152 The Question..whether the Mistakes be such as the Presumer takes them to be.
1860 A. N. Bell Knowl. of Living Things 277 The former..advance the cause of science—they are investigators; the latter are obstacles to scientific progress, because they do not distinguish between truth and falacy [sic]; such persons are only presumers.
1954 Van Wert (Ohio) Times-Bull. 31 July 9/1 ‘You probably know,’ presumes William Feather, who is a very tall presumer.
1994 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 45 169 This is too charitable to the defenders and presumers of [the thesis of the underdetermination of theory by data].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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