Definition of Represser

1. Noun. An agent that represses.

Exact synonyms: Repressor
Generic synonyms: Agent

Definition of Represser

1. n. One who, or that which, represses.

Definition of Represser

1. Noun. One who, or that which, represses. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Represser

1. presser [n -S] - See also: presser

Lexicographical Neighbors of Represser

representative element
representative government
representative sample
representative sampling
representatively
representativeness
representatives
represented
representer
representers
representing
representment
represents
repress
repressed
represser (current term)
repressers
represses
repressibility
repressible
repressible enzyme
repressilator
repressilators
repressing
repression
repression-sensitization
repressionist
repressions
repressive
repressively

Literary usage of Represser

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Specimens of English Literature from the 'Ploughmans Crede' to the by Walter W Skeat (1879)
"At this very time he was busy upon his principal work, named ' The represser of over much blaming of the clergy.' In it he undertook to combat the opinions ..."

2. A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language by George Lillie Craik (1871)
"The represser, which he produced in 1449. A short specimen, in which the spelling, but only the spelling, is modernized, will give some notion of his' ..."

3. A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language by George Lillie Craik (1861)
"Of those in English the most remarkable is one entitled The represser, which he produced in 1449. A short specimen, in which the spelling, ..."

4. A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language by George Lillie Craik (1861)
"Of those in English the most remarkable is one entitled The represser, which he produced in 1449. A short specimen, in which the spelling, ..."

5. Outlines of the History of the English Language by Thomas Northcote Toller (1900)
"... represser, Malory's Morte Darthur — effects of printing — classical learning in England in the loth century — influence of modern languages on English ..."

6. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1868)
"2. Political Poems and Songs. Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. MA Two vols. (Rolls Series.) 3. The represser of overmuch Blaming of the Clergy. ..."

7. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by John Thorburn (1885)
"The vaginal represser may ... if not, the assistant must lean over the patient's pelvis and hold the represser also, ... Vaginal represser (Sims). Fio. 20. ..."

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