oblocutor

noun
/ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/US/ɒbˈlɒkjətə/UK

Etymology

From Latin, from the agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of the verb obloquor.

Definitions

  1. A gainsayer

    A gainsayer; a critic.

    • […] the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor […]
    • In this, Labour was addressing the problems of twenty-first-century Britain, something that was already clear in Corbyn's 2015 leadership bid, but was largely ignored by his oblocutors.

The neighborhood

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