Definition of Threatener

1. n. One who threatens.

Definition of Threatener

1. Noun. One who threatens. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Threatener

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Threatener

thready pulse
threap
threaped
threaper
threapers
threaping
threapit
threaps
threaric acid
threat
threated
threaten
threatened
threatened species
threatener
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threateningly
threatenings
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threatful
threatfully
threating
threatning
threats
threatscape
threatscapes
threave

Literary usage of Threatener

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

1. Ten Lectures on Alcohol by Benjamin Ward Richardson (1880)
"Be stirring as the time ; be fire with fire ; Threaten the threatener, and outface the brow Of bragging horror. So shall inferior eyes, That gather their ..."

2. Dealing With Workplace Violence: A Guide for Agency Planners edited by Melvin Basye (1999)
"Are there also interpersonal problems between the alleged threatener and other employees? 5. Are there unusually stressful problems in the life of the ..."

3. A Summary of the Roman Civil Law: Illustrated by Commentaries on and ...by Patrick Mac Chombaich De Colquhoun by Patrick Mac Chombaich De Colquhoun (1854)
"... and th. circumstances by which the threatened and the threatener happen to be surrounded ; such well-grounded fears supply matter not only for an action ..."

4. The Law and Practice Relating to Letters Patent for Inventions by Roger William Wallace, John Bruce Williamson (1900)
"Perry,(g) Smith, LJ, said : " This is an absolute prohibition against a person threatening, unless the threatener brought himself within either of the two ..."

5. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1893)
"... I have arrived at this conclusion, that it is an absolute prohibition against a person threatening, unless the threatener can get himself within either ..."

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