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n. - A fighter who holds out against attack; An opponent who resists using force or resolution.

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Usage examples (4)
  • Verb (used with object) : to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation
  • His father is a stout withstander of the Scots, and the earl would have given him knighthood, if he would have taken it; and maybe, in the future, the son will win that...
  • Remember what I told you: this wealthy franklin is proud, fierce, jealous, and irritable, a withstander of the nobility, and even of his neighbors, Reginald...
  • Remember what I told you; this wealthy Franklin is proud, fierce, jealous, and irritable; a withstander of the nobility, and even of his neighbours, Reginald...
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