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名詞

discountenancer (複数形 discountenancers)

1. One who discountenances.
   • 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628:

     And it was not long ere these rumours of novelty had begotten others of scandal and murmur against the King and his government , taxing him for a great taxer of his people , and discountenancer of his nobility

Further reading

• discountenancer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913