abhorrer
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abhorrer
- /əbˈhɔː.ɹə/ UK
- /æbˈhɔɹ.ɚ/ US
noun abhorrers
- One who abhors. Be they what they may, the barbarities of the Catholics of those times had their limits: but of this abhorrer of Catholic barbarities, the barbarity has, in respect of the number of intended victims, no limits other than those of time.
- A nickname given in the early 17ᵗʰ century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II. Pretty much as Lincoln is thus supposed to arise out of the word fleas, so (according to Rapin) do the words Whig and Tory arise out of addresser and abhorrer[…]
Talk about this word "abhorrer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/abhorrer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. abhorrer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/abhorrer "abhorrer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/abhorrer.
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@misc{abhorrer_2026,
title = {abhorrer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abhorrer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
