retrenchern.
/rᵻˈtrɛn(t)ʃə/, U.S. /rəˈtrɛn(t)ʃər/, /riˈtrɛn(t)ʃər/ A person who retrenches something; esp. a person who reduces or cuts down on something.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > curtailment > one who
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retrencher1699
amputator1810
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curtailer1813
1699 J. Gother Afternoon Instr. II. 402 This..must be so far acknowledg'd even by the most Precise Retrenchers.
1814 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 540 Vansittart's Assentation to the Retrenchers..is very humiliating.
1882 C. D. Warner Washington Irving vi. 135 Merciless retrenchers of beauty and enjoyment.
1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge v. 32 The knock-down argument..emanating from the most conspicuous retrencher.
1909 Daily Chron. 22 Sept. 9/1 Most ‘retrenchers’ stint the eye as well as the stomach. Because they are cutting down,..they grow careless of the niceties of living.
1973 M. Mann Workers on Move viii. 206 The proportion of retrenchers is higher among women because so many of them had given up work completely.
2001 N.Y. Mag. 22 Oct. 27/3 Murdoch, who faced bankruptcy during the last recession, has always been a forceful and unsentimental retrencher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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