resignern.
/rᵻˈzʌɪnə/, U.S. /rəˈzaɪnər/, /riˈzaɪnər/ A person who resigns (something) (in various senses).
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > one who
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society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > one who resigns
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1555 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 494/1 That the Instrument thairof be seilit with the seill of the resignar.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Risegnatore, a resigner.
1660 T. White Mr. Blacklow's Reply Dr. Layburn's Pamphlet 11 The resignation of Deanship..was made before any suspicion of extraordinary sicknesse, and long before the resigner's death.
1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. v. 91 That Resignations into the Pope's Hands are null, if the Resigner does not outlive his Resignation Twenty Days.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. vii. §20 In resignations ad remanentiam made..by the resigner himself a special solemnity is introduced.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1820) I. 157 Of all the resigners, the Duke of Grafton had treated his master with the greatest decency.
1806 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 22 32 The resigners of livings, to be consistent, must maintain [etc.].
1888 Huntingdon (Pa.) Globe 22 Nov. When Quay was elected to the United States Senate one of his friends rashly predicted that his record as a resigner was ended, as he would never relinquish his Senatorial seat.
1932 W. E. Hocking Spirit World Polit. x. 147 Four good members of his Cabinet..successively resign... A new Cabinet is then formed under Mahmoud, in which these same four resigners reappear.
1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 12/1 Most of the other resigners were Thatcherites like Nigel Lawson and Geoffrey Howe, both of whom also objected to the way she treated them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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