discourager

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

discourage +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

discourager (plural discouragers)

  1. One who discourages.
    • 1849, George Cornewall Lewis, An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion:
      the promoter of truth and the discourager of error