recanter
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
recanter (plural recanters)
- One who recants.
- 2003, Alec Ryrie, The Gospel and Henry VIII (page 85)
- It is not merely that the recanters significantly outnumbered the martyrs. They were also a much more exalted company. None of those executed for heresy in this period were religious leaders of any great significance […]
- 2003, Alec Ryrie, The Gospel and Henry VIII (page 85)
References[edit]
- “recanter” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.