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单词 waverer
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waverern.

Brit. /ˈweɪv(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈweɪv(ə)rər/
Etymology: < waver v. + -er suffix1.
a. One who wavers; one who is undecided or vacillates in opinion or choice; one who falters in allegiance or hesitates to embrace a particular party or cause.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person
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tennis ball1589
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1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 89 But come yong Wauerer, come goe with mee. View more context for this quotation
1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. xxviii. 134 I went to Cloria, unto whom I discovered the desires of my waverer [Fr. (1626) 744 les desseins de cet inconstant].
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 405 The waverers thought it time to declare themselves.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 271 More than one waverer was kept steady by being assured in confident terms that a speedy restoration was inevitable.
1885 Manch. Guard. 20 July 5/5 A section of waverers who have inclined lately to the Tory side.
b. Historical. The name given to a section of Peers who were willing to make terms with the Reform government of 1832 rather than wreck the Upper House.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > specific principles or policies > peer who made terms with reformers
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1832 C. C. F. Greville Mem. 27 Mar. (1874) II. 273 I have no doubt that all the ultras will be deeply mortified at the moderation of Lord Grey and of the Duke of Wellington, and at the success so far of ‘the Waverers’.
1886 T. E. Kebbel Hist. Toryism iv. 210 The second reading of the Bill had been carried in the Lords.., with the help of the well-known ‘Waverers’, led by Lords Harrowby and Wharncliffe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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