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English
Etymology
From despair + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
despairer (plural despairers)
- One who despairs.
1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. , London: Henry Herringman, , →OCLC, stanza 242, page 61:He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs.
1855 July 4, Walt Whitman, “[Song of Myself]”, in Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: , →OCLC, stanza 40, page 45:O despairer, here is my neck, / By God! you shall not go down! Hang your whole weight upon me.
1866, Matthew Arnold, Thrysis A Monody:Too quick despairer, wherefore wilt thou go?
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