respecter
(rɪˈspɛktə(r))
[f. respect v. + -er1.]
One who respects: a. In phr. respecter of persons (see person n. 13).
| 1611 Bible Acts x. 34 Of a trueth I perceiue y{supt} God is no respecter of persons. a 1715 Burnet Own Time iii. (1900) II. 457 He was going to be judged by one that was no respecter of persons. 1802 M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. xix. 166 The law..is no respecter of persons. 1871 Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) IV. 128 To teach them that their King was no respecter of persons. |
b. In general use.
| 1670 Eachard Cont. Clergy 104 Whereby they may become his diligent attenders, and hearty respecters. 1797 Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xvii, This accusation is brought against you by a respecter of truth. 1801 Helen M. Williams Manners Fr. Repub. I. iii. 25 This venerable respecter of the rights of man. 1853 Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. iii. §7 (1873) 99 They are no respecters of boundaries. |