noun
Freq #103575
Meanings
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noun
a person who respects or shows consideration for someone or something
She was a respecter of evidence even when it challenged her own theory.
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Opposites
detractordisrespecter
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Etymology
From respect plus the agent suffix -er. The noun is especially familiar in the fixed expression 'no respecter of persons,' describing something that does not favor people according to rank or identity.