abhorrer
(æbˈhɔːrə(r))
[f. abhor v. + -er1.]
1. One who abhors.
| 1611 Cotgr., Haineur, a hater, loather, detester, abhorrer. c 1660 Jer. Taylor Artif. Hands 134 Those things, whereof they sometimes were great abhorrers. 1705 Hickeringill Priest-Craft ii. viii. 89 A Protestant Succession, of which the Highflyers are generally Abhorrers. 1827 Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) I. iv. 195 Every abhorrer of ceremonies..might be trusted as protestant to the heart's core. |
2. Eng. Hist. A nickname given in 1680 to those who signed addresses of abhorrence.
| 1680 Political Ballads (1860) I. 214 This makes abhorrers, makes lords protest, They know not why nor wherefore. 1682 Second Plea for Nonconf. 78 Abhorrers of Addresses, and Non-Addresses. 1757 Tindal Rapin anno 1679–80 As soon as the parliament was prorogued, and the duke of York at court, many addresses were presented in abhorrence of the former, so that two parties were formed, called the petitioners and abhorrers. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 256 Opponents of the Court were called Birminghams, Petitioners, and Exclusionists. Those who took the King's side were Antibirminghams, Abhorrers, and Tantivies. 1870 Curtis Hist. Eng. anno 1680 The factions were known by the names of petitioners and abhorrers, terms which soon became superseded by whig and tory. |