opiner
(əʊˈpaɪnə(r))
Also 7 -or.
[f. opine v. + -er. = F. opineur.]
One who opines; one who holds or expresses an opinion.
| 1611 Cotgr., Opineur, an opinor, one that delivers his opinion. 1652 Gaule Magastrom. 115 The opinors or opinionists (old and new) each of them contending. 1656 Artif. Handsom. 157 Others who are weak and wilfull opiners, but not just arbitraters. 1736 Disc. Witchcraft 42 A probable Argument that they were the first Opiners of Dæmons. 1881 Oracle No. 133. 324/3 An opinion—presuming the opiner is not a fool—is a coin with a current value. |