rebuffern.
/rᵻˈbʌfə/, U.S. /riˈbəfər/ A person who rebuffs something or someone.
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1770 A. Drummond Rebuffer Rebuffed 7 All that the Rebuffer has said, or can say on this affair of Abiathar, is nothing to the purpose.
1847 Mistletoe: German Tale ix. 146 You don't in a hurry seek the society of your rebuffers.
1923 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 340/2 These very rebuffers..could also be as kindly as one could wish.
1950 O. Nash Family Reunion (1951) 109 The medica tyrant, the social rebuffer.
2007 Toronto Star (Nexis) 22 Apr. d12 Forbes bears no ill will towards Canadian rebuffers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1770- stone-gatherer
- stone-getter
- stone-glass
- stone-grape
- stone-grave
- stone-graver
- stone-grey
- stone-grig
- stone-grist
- stone-ground
- stone-gun
- stone-hammer
- stone-hand
- stone-hard
- stone-haunting
- stone-head
- stone-headed
- stone-heading
- stone-heap
- stone-hearted
- stone-heled
- stone-hewer
- stone-honey
- stone-hook
- stone-horned