Gainsayer definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GAINSA'YER, n. One who ... Merriam Webster's noun see gainsay Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gainsayer Gain`say"er, n. One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies ...
... be untrue or invalid 2. contradict, oppose Synonyms: see deny • gainsayer noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. (past and past part. gainsaid) archaic or literary deny, contradict. Derivatives: gainsayer n. Etymology: ME f. obs. gain- against f. ON gegn ... to Esther 9:13, antitasso; /APC 1Macc 14:44, anteipon. Gainsayer, antilego (Tit 1:9, "exhort and convince (the Revised Version ...
Oblocutor definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary OB'LOCUTOR, n. A gainsayer. [Not in use.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Oblocutor Ob*loc ... see Ob-) + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.] A disputer; a gainsayer. [Obs.] --Bale.