abandoner

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English

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Etymology

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From abandon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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abandoner (plural abandoners)

  1. One who abandons. [Mid 16th century.][1]
    • 1595, Francis Sabie, The Fissher-mans Tale of the Famous Actes, Life and Loue of Cassander a Grecian Knight[1], London:
      Sin-hating powers, reformers of all vice,
      Abandoners of euil and cruell actes,
      Cease to pursue with weapons of reuenge,
      Mine haynous and intollerable fact.
    • 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: [], London: [] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson;  [], published 1634, →OCLC, Act V, scene v, page 1:
      [] cold and constant Queene,
      Abandoner of Revells, mute contemplative,
    • 1990, David Foster Wallace, “The Empty Plenum: David Markson’s Wittgenstein’s Mistress”, in Both Flesh and Not[2], New York: Little, Brown, published 2012:
      [] Kate’s been left in the emotional lurch by all sorts of objectifying men, psychic abandoners who range from her husband [] to her final lover []

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ abandoner, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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  • (noun): IPA(key): /abaŋˈdɔŋər/, /abanˈdɔŋər/, (verb): IPA(key): /abandɔˈneːr/
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  • (noun): Rhymes: -ər, (verb): Rhymes: -eːr
  • Hyphenation: ab‧an‧do‧ner

Noun

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abandoner m

  1. indefinite plural of abandon

Verb

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abandoner

  1. imperative of abandonere

Anagrams

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Old French

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Etymology

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From abandon, abandun; or from à ban doner, from Frankish *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

Verb

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abandoner

  1. to abandon

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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