Withstander
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Withstander is a noun meaning A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
Meaning
A person who withstands or resists; an opponent.
Example Sentences
Confidently expecting that you will comply with this request, which is the sequence of your expressed desire, I remain, sir, yours, with the respect offered to a sincere withstander, RUFUS LYON.
The ordinary theme and argument of history is war; which may be defined the exercise of violence under sovereign command against withstanders; force, authority, and resistance, being the essential parts thereof.
Remember what I told you, this wealthy Franklin is proud, fierce, jealous, and irritable; a withstander of the nobility, and even of his neighbours, Reginald Front-de-Bœuf and Philip Malvoisin, who are no babes to strive withall.
Word Forms
- withstanders
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include upstander, weatherer, survivor, stayer, stander, defender.
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