Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who hesitates.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
hesitater .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who hesitates (usually out of fear)
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Examples
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He was there the dreamer and the hesitator, his eyes vacant.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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He was that apparent contradiction in terms, a bold hesitator; he habitually needed, and knew that he needed, to have his hand apparently forced for the achievement of the end he was most bent upon.
Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869
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If Obama had once looked like the hesitator-in-chief, next to Brewer and Angel he looked like César Chávez.
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Rational Review 2009
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