Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who menaces or threatens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who menaces.
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- noun One who
menaces .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As I expected, Grandpa Gene -- brought into the Don and Betty Draper household after his mind began slipping gears in alarming ways -- did not turn out to be a molester or even menacer of his adorable, spunky little granddaughter, Sally.
William Bradley: Mad Men: "The Arrangements" -- HuffPost Review 2009
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Bradley fired at the vanishing menacer of their peace and safety; but whether he scored a hit or not, none could tell, though, following the shot, there was wafted back to them the same piercing wail that had on other occasions frozen their marrow.
Out of Time's Abyss Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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But a few feet separated us when I sprang to my feet and dashed madly toward my menacer in a vain effort to dodge past him and reach the outside world.
The People That Time Forgot Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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Je m'attendais, je l'avoue, à le voir entrer en fureur, fulminer contre les traitres, menacer les magistrats, et les accuser de negligence.
Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Archibald Alison 1829
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I was menaced, as I thought, with death, and, to elude this evil, my hand was ready to inflict death upon the menacer.
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_Abate_ grew dark: and leading Julia forcibly to the window, from which she had shrunk back, 'Impious menacer!' said he, 'eternal vengeance be upon thee!
A Sicilian Romance Ann Ward Radcliffe 1793
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I was menaced, as I thought, with death, and, to elude this evil, my hand was ready to inflict death upon the menacer.
Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale Charles Brockden Brown 1790
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That the execution should be assigned to him who, abounding in abhorrence, and in the act of self-defence, was the slayer of the menacer!
Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Charles Brockden Brown 1790
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Premier ministre conservateur David Cameron et son numéro deux libéral Nick Clegg partagent le même passé doré mais leurs oppositions sur des dossiers cruciaux, comme l'Europe, pourraient menacer la première coalition
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In less time than it takes for some government investigations, the search company has gone from start-up to accused menacer of Internet competition.
CNET News.com 2009
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