defier

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defier

/dɪˈfaɪ(j)ə(ɹ)/ UK

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From defy + -er.

noun defiers

Someone who dares, challenges or defies. She droops not; and her eyes rising so high might be hidden by distance; but, being what they are, they cannot be hidden; through the treble veil of crape which she wears, the fierce light of a blazing misery, that rests not for matins or for vespers, for noon of day or noon of night, for ebbing or

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@misc{defier_2026,
  title = {defier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/defier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}