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Definition of Gainsayer
1. n. One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies.
Definition of Gainsayer
1. Noun. One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer. ¹
2. Noun. A person who gainsays others; a disagreeable person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gainsayer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gainsayer
Literary usage of Gainsayer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Reverend John Fletcher by John Fletcher (1833)
"PAUL. overthrow the objection we have here Been considering, and effectually to
stop the mouth QÍ every gainsayer. * . , '.. CHAPTER ХШ., The doctrines of ..."
2. Introductory Lectures on the Study of History: Delivered Before the by Thomas Greenwood (1835)
"... the Church of England has renounced those miraculous gifts, as necessary now
as ever, to convince the gainsayer and the infidel, to confound heresy and ..."
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