Verb (used with object) : to oppose a resolution in a debate. ,to oppose advantages to disadvantages. From Dictionary.com.
Think about it: an African-American and a former civil rights "opposer". From Wordnik.com. [Could Webb's Writings On Civil War Hurt Veep Chances?] Reference
NONE of them was a vocal opposer of lawlessleness, war etc. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: Obama lies to me. Why?] Reference
The dissuader and opposer of the agrarian law now began to be popular. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
It is applied to the devil commonly, as the opposer or adversary of man. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
Before it took place, he was a violent opposer of any measure tending to abolition. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
It's almost as though Broon speaks as both the proposer and the opposer of a speech!. From Wordnik.com. [The Madness Of King Brown] Reference
Kneggdo =opposer i.e. when the man behaves according to what's right for the Universe. From Wordnik.com. [More on Masculinity and Wars: My Review of American Gangster (Spoilers)] Reference
By calling out here and there an eminent opposer, and making him an example to all the world. From Wordnik.com. [Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost] Reference
Mais doit-on systématiquement opposer les vins du "Nouveau Monde" à ceux de notre "Vieille Europe"?. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
Mais doit-on systématiquement opposer les vins du "Nouveau Monde" à ceux de notre "Vieille Europe" ?. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
First off I am a strong opposer of affirmative action it does not create equality or equal opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [Boardroom Betties « Gender Across Borders] Reference
This President, by his spineless behavior, has turned me from a supporter to an opposer of the Democratic Party. From Wordnik.com. [Al Franken's senate shut down] Reference
Once he starts hurting, causing harm, being violent and cheating monetarily, then she becomes a kneggdo =an opposer. From Wordnik.com. [More on Masculinity and Wars: My Review of American Gangster (Spoilers)] Reference
Tullus Aufidius will appear well in these wars, his great opposer, Coriolanus, being now in no request of his country. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedy of Coriolanus] Reference
This good man has since become an earnest anti-suffragist and opposer of the movement for the higher education of women. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896] Reference
I never think the terrorists should have more rights than a right winger but you think opposer is “ENERMY COMBATANT”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Unwilling To Investigate Bush Administration, Congress Returns To Clinton] Reference
The rebel team here included Etienne Tshisekedi, nephew of a prominent former opposer of Mobutu's regime, of the same name. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I never think the terrorists should have more rights than a right winger but you think opposer is “ENERMY COMBATANTâ€. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Unwilling To Investigate Bush Administration, Congress Returns To Clinton] Reference
C'est sans doute opposer à l'abolition de l'esclavage tous les obstacles imaginables, c'est se montrer bien ennemi de cette abolition. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916] Reference
Mr.C. declared himself thoroughly convinced of the propriety of immediate emancipation; though he was once a violent opposer of abolition. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
But he was a brave and steady citizen, and a warm opposer of Gracchus, as appears from an Oration of Gracchus against him: we have likewise some of. From Wordnik.com. [Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.] Reference
Bolivian opposer politician may be seeking asylum in Peru. From Wordnik.com. [Living in Peru : News] Reference
On this occasion, he was the opposer of lawless ambition. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges] Reference
Devonshire, whose husband in consequence became her bitter opposer. From Wordnik.com. [A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part] Reference
She answered, 'Because of that; but 'tis the smallest opposer, that.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete] Reference
He was the lone opposer of the exclusion of Chinese from Pacific labor unions. From Wordnik.com. [Jewschool] Reference
I like Olbermann alot, ever since he became O'Rielly's official media opposer. From Wordnik.com. [Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator] Reference
No one thinks of opposing his decisions -- that would be fatal to the opposer. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
I would a thousand times rather have you a reformer than an opposer of reforms. From Wordnik.com. [Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia] Reference
Truly, Guarico is one of those text books cases on how not to opposer the chavista machine. From Wordnik.com. [Venezuela News And Views] Reference
He was no longer a lawless opposer of equally lawless forces, but he was actually resisting the law itself. From Wordnik.com. [Cressy] Reference
D---- 's encomiums have rendered my humility still prouder; they are indeed superb, and worthy of an opposer of the German war. From Wordnik.com. [Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica] Reference
If Judge De Willoughby had not been such a blatantly open old opposer of his neighbour's political opinions these people wouldn't have. From Wordnik.com. [In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim] Reference
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