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Synonyms for defier
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-fahy-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪ ər |
Définition of defier
- As in challenger : noun contestant
- Richard sent up his brows, and stared at his defier an instant.
- Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith
- In our way we passed along one side of the valley of Elah, where David slew the giant, that defier of the army of Israel.
- Extract from : « Early Travels in Palestine » by Arculf et al.
- Another order, and the guard of armed fighting men formed in a circle about the defier of their god.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- When a defier of the gods, like Ajax the son of Oileus, appears, the world approves him and loves him.
- Extract from : « Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. III (of 6) The Reaction in France » by Georg Brandes
- As I looked, I said to myself over and over, "Is it possible this is a slayer of men, an eluder and defier of the law?"
- Extract from : « Mothering on Perilous » by Lucy S. Furman
- Man in Mr. Conrad's stories is always a defier of the devils, and the devils are usually put to flight.
- Extract from : « Old and New Masters » by Robert Lynd
- She came out of it the Isabelle of her early childhood—révoltée, enemy to authority, defier of God and the universe.
- Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke
- It would be a mistake, however, to think of Theodore only as a controversalist and defier of the civil authority.
- Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
- For every one knew that Hilary Grendon, the prime mover, the defier of the Mercutians, had escaped.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- I am a defier of nobody; but if an end is not put to this war, there is an end to this country!
- Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. » by E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
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