abater

noun
/əˈbeɪ.tɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English abatere. Equivalent to abate + -er.

  1. inherited from abatere

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, abates.

    • This is the great Prince of Grecia, called the Knight of the Sunne, restorer of the auncient kingdome of Tinacria, & the abater and breaker of the strength of the most strongest Giants in all the world.
    • Anodyne, or Abaters of Pain of the Alimentary Kind. Such things as relax the Tension of the affected nervous Fibres […]

The neighborhood

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