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n. - A signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and hated.

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  • Thus the abhorrer of traitors has now become their tool.
  • At last, the vigor and courage of one Stowel of Exeter, an abhorrer, put an end to the practice.
  • Himself a staunch follower of Mr. Disraeli, and an abhorrer of Whiggery in all its forms, he yet found in America's struggle that which appealed both to his brain and...
  • "Whig" was the name given to the extreme Covenanters of the west of Scotland, and in applying it to the members of the Country party the "abhorrer" meant to stigmatize...
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