Definition of Thwarters

1. Noun. (plural of thwarter) ¹

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Definition of Thwarters

1. thwarter [n] - See also: thwarter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thwarters

thuyin
thuyol
thwack
thwacked
thwacker
thwackers
thwacking
thwacks
thwaite
thwaites
thwap
thwart
thwarted
thwartedness
thwarter
thwarters
thwarting
thwartingly
thwartings
thwartly
thwartness
thwarts
thwartwise
thwittle
thwittles
thwock
thwocked
thwocking
thwocks
thwok

Literary usage of Thwarters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"For example, the men whom John Adams represents as enemies of independence—open opponents—thwarters and ..."

2. The Life of John Henry, Cardinal Newman: Based on His Private Journals and by Wilfrid Philip Ward (1912)
"... And my friends and my acquaintance, And my slanderers and thwarters, Catholic and Protestant.1 A few extracts from the Meditations and Devotions which ..."

3. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"For exam- ule, the men whom John Adams represents as enemies of independence—open opponents—thwarters and ..."

4. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1886)
"But in fact he was withstood as resolutely at home as abroad, and often by a more wily and calculating policy. He found enemies and effective thwarters of ..."

5. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1886)
"But in fact he was withstood as resolutely at home as abroad, and often by a more wily and calculating policy. He found enemies and effective thwarters of ..."

6. Old English Chronicles: Ethelwerd's Chronicle. Asser's Life of Alfred by John Allen Giles, Charles Bertram, William Gunn, Gildas, Nennius, Fabius Ethelwerdus (1901)
"... and, as often happened, the thwarters of the royal ordinances repented when it was too late, and blushed at their non-performance of his commands. ..."

7. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1845)
"Yes, these are the agents that " mantle our clearer reason "—enemies of the happiness, and thwarters of the progress of mankind. One might think a moment's ..."

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