Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who shuns or avoids.

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  • noun One who shuns (a thing).

Etymologies

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From shun +‎ -er.

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Examples

  • But hey, if you're cool with that, keep supporting that bastion of originality ... that shunner of polls and political winds.

    Hillary Mailer In Wisconsin Hits Obama On "Present" Votes 2009

  • Erething above ground, as his Book of Breathings bed him, so as everwhy, sham or shunner, zeemliangly to kick time.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • The 70-year-old shunner of both publicity and neck-ties also has a 5% stake in Banco Pastor, one of Spain's largest banks.

    Ortega's Inditex To Expand In Europe, Asia 2006

  • However, that's surely an option if you're a canned soup shunner.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Kalyn Denny 2006

  • However, that's surely an option if you're a canned soup shunner.

    Chicken and Asparagus with Curry Sauce From the Recipe Archives Kalyn Denny 2006

  • Peter Carew of the Blues had been no shunner of women in those days; no taciturn, silent, unappreciative onlooker.

    The Rhodesian Gertrude Page 1897

  • He recalled the incidents of Vanamee's life, reviewing again that terrible drama which had uprooted his soul, which had driven him forth a wanderer, a shunner of men, a sojourner in waste places.

    The Octopus : A story of California Frank Norris 1886

  • "Indeed, friend," he cried, in a voice penetrated with terror -- "indeed, friend, thou hadst best keep thy distance from me, for though I am a man of peace and a shunner of bloodshed, I promise thee that I will not stand still to be murdered without outcry or without endeavoring to defend my life!"

    Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates Howard Pyle 1882

  • The fascination exercised by Margrave was universal; nor was it to be wondered at: for besides the charm of his joyous presence, he seemed so singularly free from even the errors common enough with the young, -- so gay and boon a companion, yet a shunner of wine; so dazzling in aspect, so more than beautiful, so courted, so idolized by women, yet no tale of seduction, of profligacy, attached to his name!

    A Strange Story — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • The fascination exercised by Margrave was universal; nor was it to be wondered at: for besides the charm of his joyous presence, he seemed so singularly free from even the errors common enough with the young, -- so gay and boon a companion, yet a shunner of wine; so dazzling in aspect, so more than beautiful, so courted, so idolized by women, yet no tale of seduction, of profligacy, attached to his name!

    A Strange Story — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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