withdrawer
(wɪðˈdrɔːə(r))
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who withdraws, in various senses of the vb.; spec. in Sc. Ch. Hist., one who did not conform to the established church in the 17th century.
| 1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 46 Sethe that none suche were never sene withdrawers or fleers frome batailes. 1580 Outred tr. M. Cope's Expos. Prov. 192 b, Joseph..was not a withdrawer of the corne, but a seller. 1606 in J. Forbes Cert. Rec. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 519 Contempners of his Majesties lawes, withdrawers and corrupters of his Majestie's subjects hearts from his obedience. c 1639 Baillie in Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) Introd. 43 They are..withdrawers of their hands. 1677 Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. iii. (1912) V. 121 Constant withdrawers and keepers of conventicles. 1823 J. Brown Hist. Brit. Ch. (new ed.) II. 312 Parliament..enacted [in 1663] That..all with-drawers from the conform incumbents of their own parish, be punished. |