encounterer

English

Etymology

encounter +‎ -er

Noun

encounterer (plural encounterers)

  1. One who encounters; an opponent or antagonist.
    • 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to Some Considerations on the Spirit of Martin Luther
      The doctrines of the Reformation have , for near two centuries , kept the field against all encounterers

References
  • encounterer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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