objector

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

object +‎ -or

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun[edit]

objector (plural objectors)

  1. A person who objects to something.
    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      "It would be amusing, sir, to shut these various objectors up in a room and let them settle it among themselves."
    • 1951 April, “Notes and News: North Fife Line, Scotland”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281:
      The Fife County Council, and other objectors, were successful in July [1950] in obtaining an interim interdict against this decision, but the Court of Session withdrew the interdict in January, and it was then stated that a civil court had no jurisdiction in the matter.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=objector&oldid=78442575"