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Definition of Dehorter
1. n. A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary.
Definition of Dehorter
1. Noun. (obsolete) A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dehorter
1. one that dehorts [n -S] - See also: dehorts
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dehorter
Literary usage of Dehorter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1876)
"dehorter makes two copies of the order, delivering one 129] to the ... To my mind
the question comes to this: did dehorter act as the agent for both the ..."
2. The Law Reports. Court of Exchequer: From Michaelmas Term, 1865, to Trinity by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, James Anstie, Arthur Charles, James Benjamin Redfoord Bulwer (1875)
"In July, 1874, the plaintiff's traveller, dehorter, called on the defendant, and
obtained ... dehorter wrote the order in duplicate, upon printed headings, ..."
3. Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1910)
"So long as he was merely an exhorter or dehorter, we were thankful for such
eloquence, such humor, such vivid or grotesque ..."
4. My Study Windows by James Russell Lowell (1913)
"... exhorter or dehorter, we were thankful for such eloquence, such humor, such
vivid or grotesque images, and such splendor of illustration as only he ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"dehorter, (de-hgr'-ter) ns A dissuader. DEICIDE, (de'-e-side) ns The death of
our blessed Saviour. To DEJECT, (de-jekt') ». a. ..."
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