Synonyms for opposer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-pohz

Phonetic Transcription : əˈpoʊz

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Définition of opposer

Origin : late 14c., from Old French oposer "oppose, resist, rival; contradict, state opposing point of view" (12c.), from poser "to place, lay down" (see pose (v.1)), blended with Latin opponere "oppose, object to, set against" (see opponent). Related: Opposed; opposing.

noun opponent

Example sentences :

I would a thousand times rather have you a reformer than an opposer of reforms.
Extract from : « Bert Lloyd's Boyhood » by J. McDonald Oxley

At Nottingham he had a controversy with Rice Jones, an opposer of the earlier visit.
Extract from : « George Fox » by George Fox

Now the opposer had been destroyed, and no further obstacle stood in his path.
Extract from : « Menotah » by Ernest G. Henham

The dissuader and opposer of the agrarian law now began to be popular.
Extract from : « The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 » by Titus Livius

Her husband was a cripple, almost helpless, an unbeliever, and to some extent an opposer of religion.
Extract from : « The Wonders of Prayer » by Various

They last for about two and a half hours, the proposer and opposer occupying usually an hour between them.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 41, May, 1894 » by Various

D——'s encomiums have rendered my humility still prouder; they are indeed superb, and worthy of an opposer of the German war.
Extract from : « Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica » by James Boswell

In the New Testament, also, the term Satan is sometimes used to signify merely an opposer.
Extract from : « The Revelation Explained » by F. Smith

I swore, as doctors will, that so long as I could obtain a potato and a clam a day I would remain while he was my opposer.
Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre

This good man has since become an earnest anti-suffragist and opposer of the movement for the higher education of women.
Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2 » by Various

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