renouncer
(rɪˈnaʊnsə(r))
[f. renounce v. + -er1.]
One who renounces.
| 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 134 Seeing you are in so great an errour..if you become not repentant, and a renouncer betimes [etc.]. 1676 Doctrine of Devils 131 Renagadoes, Renouncers, Apostates, from the..Truths of Christian Religion. 1724 Swift Drapier's Lett. v. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 101 He was ready to renounce as much as they pleased... I am not so thorough a renouncer. 1841 Emerson Misc. (1855) 200 A Re-maker of what man has made; a renouncer of lies. 1844 Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxi, He renounce me! Cast your eyes on the Renouncer, Pinch, and be the wiser for the recollection! |