Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
detractor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who detracts; a detractor.
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- noun Alternative form of
detractor .
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Examples
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The saint draws an inference from what the people then saw before their eyes, and represented to them that if emperors punish with extreme rigor those who injure their statues, with what severity will God revenge the injury done by the detracter to his living image, and that offered by the blasphemer to his own adorable name.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Personally I'm more of a fan of his than a detracter, however the bad thing about this new deal is that if JFK stays Butt will be played over one of Barton / Nolan / Guthrie.
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