shamer

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English

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Etymology

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From shame +‎ -er.

Noun

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shamer (plural shamers)

  1. One who disgraces someone or makes them feel ashamed, especially by public criticism.
    • 2021 April 7, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Sexual Identity That Emerged on TikTok”, in The Atlantic[1], archived from the original on 2021-04-07:
      The longer social-media shamers condemn preferences that the overwhelming majority of people share, the more inevitable the pushback.
  2. (obsolete) Something which makes someone feel ashamed.
    • 1647, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher[2], volume 5, published 1812, page 284:
      My means and my conditions are no shamers / Of him that owes 'em, (all the world knows that,) / And my friends no reliers on my fortunes.

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