ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Condescender

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Condescender is a noun meaning One who condescends.

Meaning

One who condescends.

Example Sentences

It was almost a surprise to remember that he could be proud—that he was proud—of all that he had seen and done abroad, and to feel himself distinguished by the habituated worldliness that since his homecoming had seemed to mark him only as a deserter, a tiresome condescender, and an apostate — not just of his religion, but of his family, of his country, and even, in some impenetrable way, of himself.

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Related dictionary entries include con, descender, desponder, decliner, receder, descension.

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