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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

One who despairs.

Noun.

One without hope.

despairer ‎(plural despairers)

One who despairs.
- 1666: He cheers the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes despairers hope for good success. — John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666
- 1866: Too quick despairer, wherefore wilt thou go? — Matthew Arnold, Thrysis A Monody
- 1892?: O despairer, here is my neck — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass