affronter
(əˈfrʌntə(r))
[f. affront v. + -er1.]
† 1. One who impudently deceives; a pretender. [Cf. mod.Fr. affronteur.]
| 1598 Florio, Cantonière, a cozener, a conycatcher, a deceiuer, an affronter. 1631 Massinger Beleeve as you list iii. ii, Must I, because you say soe, Beleeve that this most miserable kinge is A false affronter? |
2. One who affronts, or insults to the face.
| 1654 Gayton Festiv. Notes iv. xxv. 283 And shee reveng'd th' affronter with a prong. 1833 [see affrontee]. |