Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person opposed to the payment of rent; specifically, a member of the Antirent party.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who opposes the
payment ofrent ; especially one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by thepatroons from thesettlers on certainmanorial lands in the State ofNew York .
Etymologies
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anti- + rent + -er
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