Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who crosses or goes athwart.
- noun One who or that which thwarts or crosses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Far.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person or thing that
thwarts . - noun A
disease ofsheep , indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
Etymologies
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Xenomanes the great traveller and thwarter of dangerous ways, who was come at the bidding and appointment of Panurge, of whose castlewick of Salmigondin he did hold some petty inheritance by the tenure of a mesne fee.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Xenomanes the great traveller and thwarter of dangerous ways, who was come at the bidding and appointment of Panurge, of whose castlewick of Salmigondin he did hold some petty inheritance by the tenure of a mesne fee.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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In this room he had often outwatched the night, chewing the cud of his wrongs, invoking vengeance upon the thwarter of his hopes, and swearing through his teeth to even the balance between them.
Idolatry A Romance Julian Hawthorne 1890
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When I entered who should I see but the eternal thwarter of my happiness, the ever-present Nicholson!
Wild Western Scenes Jones, John Beauchamp 1875
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When I entered who should I see but the eternal thwarter of my happiness, the ever-present Nicholson!
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No one is at all concerned that there may be an escaped convict, pretender to the throne, thwarter of Roman law and judgment, dire threat to Jewish authority, alive and well somewhere, and still giving orders to his followers.
Planet Atheism Krystalline Apostate 2010
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No one is at all concerned that there may be an escaped convict, pretender to the throne, thwarter of Roman law and judgment, dire threat to Jewish authority, alive and well somewhere, and still giving orders to his followers.
Planet Atheism Krystalline Apostate 2010
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No one is at all concerned that there may be an escaped convict, pretender to the throne, thwarter of Roman law and judgment, dire threat to Jewish authority, alive and well somewhere, and still giving orders to his followers.
Planet Atheism Krystalline Apostate 2010
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But should terrorist-thwarter Jack Bauer be given a reprieve for further adventures?
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