Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun He who, or that which, abases.

Etymologies

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abase +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Still, she is a better choice than B.O. who is coming across as an elitist racist, demeanor of ordinary suburban people, sider with Farrakhan and hateful religious beliefs, despiser of traditions, abaser of the American seniors - and he has backers who trust him????

    Clinton faces uphill battle in North Carolina 2008

  • The Harrison "progress" left its heritage of shame, whereof each abaser would gladly have washed the hands of him in his neighbor's basin.

    The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878

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