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frightener

noun

Etymology

From frighten + -er.

  1. inherited from *frightenen✻
  2. suffixed as frightener — “frighten + er”

Definitions

  1. Agent noun of frighten

    Agent noun of frighten: one who, or that which, frightens.

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