Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
  • noun One who goes to an encounter, or seeks encounters; one who is ready for encounter of any kind.

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

  • noun One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.

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

  • noun One who encounters; an opponent or antagonist.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

encounter +‎ -er

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Examples

  • It is much at the service of the vagrant encounterer, and may be accosted by any chance daughters of the game.

    Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884

  • The rainbows themselves are somewhat astonishing, but double rainbow encounterer

    www.ksbitv.com 2010

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