discountenancer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
discountenancer (plural discountenancers)
- One who discountenances.
- 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
- And it was not long ere these rumours of novelty had begotten others of scandal and murmur against the King and his government , taxing him for a great taxer of his people , and discountenancer of his nobility
Further reading[edit]
- “discountenancer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.