diminisher

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English

Etymology

diminish +‎ -er

Noun

diminisher (plural diminishers)

  1. One who, or that which, diminishes something.
    • 1633, Peter Charro, translated by Samson Lennard, Of Wisdome:
      But there is yet that which is worſe, the ſpirit of man is not only a diminiſher of his ioy.
    • 1801, Adam Anderson, William Combe, An historical and chronological deduction of the origin of commerce:
      They were also employed in coining of our money; but were accused of being likewise great clippers or diminishers of it, although strongly recommended to our Kings by the Popes, as may be supposed, for their own ends.

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