reprobatern.
/ˈrɛprəbeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈrɛprəˌbeɪdər/ A person who reprobates; a condemner, a rejecter.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > dispraiser > one who censures or condemns
deemerc1410
controller1534
condemner?1541
censurer1586
censor1598
syndic1611
damner1647
reprobater1680
reprobator1684
exploder1749
1680 R. Baxter Church-hist. Govt. Bishops x. 292 But the Reprobaters say..that he put in some terms of limitation.
1782 E. B. Greene Strictures upon Pamphlet 33 ‘There is often’, saith a reprobater of Chatterton, ‘a material variation between the copy and the original’.
1806 M. Noble Biogr. Hist. Eng. III. 490 John, duke of Argyle, the patriotic reprobater of French modes.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 310 A reprobater of what is evil.
1853 Jrnl. Sacred Lit. Jan. 277 Crescens and Fronto seem merely to have assumed the character of reprobaters and accusers.
1939 A. J. G. Perkins & T. Wolfson Frances Wright ii. viii. 335 It was soon apparent, however, that more opposers and reprobaters of her doctrines than friends and supporters were present.
2005 Boston Herald (Nexis) 21 Oct. 15 If Cujo and Brian..can survive their arrests, why should the other reprobaters worry?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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