Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who deplores or deeply laments; a deep mourner.

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

  • noun One who deplores.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who deplores.

Etymologies

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deplore +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Ten years ago I was a deplorer of said games as anything other than a diversion which children might engage in for limited periods of time for entertainment.

    Cub Scouts sure play a mean pinball 2010

  • Nul doute qu'un maitre religieux, un saint, comme le pere de Basile, a propos des dieux d'Homere, ... dut plus d'une fois deplorer l'aveuglement d'un si beau genie ....

    NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

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