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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Preventer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One that goes before. [Not in use.]

2. One that hinders; a hinderer; that which hinders; as a preventer of evils or of disease.

Preventer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another.

2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.

3. An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.