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Webster 1913 Edition


Respecter

Re-spect′er

(-?r)
,
Noun.
One who respects.
A respecter of persons
,
one who regards or judges with partiality.
Of a truth I perceive that God is no
respecter of persons
.
Acts x. 34.

Webster 1828 Edition


Respecter

RESPECT'ER

,
Noun.
One that respects; chiefly used in the phrase, respecter of persons, which signifies a person who regards the external circumstances of others in his judgment, and suffers his opinion to be biased by them, to the prejudice of candor, justice and equity.
I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts. 10.

Definition 2024


respecter

respecter

English

Noun

respecter (plural respecters)

  1. One who regards or judges with partiality; one who respects.
    • Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, chapter 2
      For these two were old friends, old mates both at school and college, both thorough respecters of themselves and each other..
  2. A person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative; "X is no respecter of Y".

Derived terms


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin respectō, respectāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

respecter

  1. to respect

Conjugation


Latin

Verb

respecter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of respectō