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Definition of Retaliator
1. Noun. Someone who takes vengeance.
Generic synonyms: Aggressor, Assailant, Assaulter, Attacker
Derivative terms: Avenge, Retaliate
Definition of Retaliator
1. Noun. One who retaliates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retaliator
Literary usage of Retaliator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Burford Records: A Study in Minor Town Government by Richard Henry Gretton (1920)
"At 1 1 the Regulator from Gloucester would rattle in, and with it, or on its
heels, the retaliator, also from Gloucester. At 1 o'clock the Mazeppa from ..."
2. History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Suffolk, and the Towns Near Its Borders by William White (1844)
"... and Yoxford, at 4 afternoon The retaliator, to Woodbridge, at 8 evening The
Day Coach, to Norwich, through Scole, Bungay, &c. at half-past one afternoon ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Anti-retaliator " writes to the Times newspaper from "Araminta Row, North Kilburn,"
to complain, that though his family consists of four, and meat is only ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1871)
"... The Duke of Beaufort's retaliator," in gold letters just under the dicky, and
that the Eastern Counties Railway proved too strong a competitor, ..."
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