abandoner
/əˈbændənɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who abandons.
Example Sentences
- "Sin-hating powers, reformers of all vice, Abandoners of euil and cruell actes, Cease to pursue with weapons of reuenge, Mine haynous and intollerable fact."
- "[…] cold and constant Queene, Abandoner of Revells, mute contemplative,"
- "[…] Kate’s been left in the emotional lurch by all sorts of objectifying men, psychic abandoners who range from her husband […] to her final lover […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Germanic *bannanąder. Frankish *bannder. Old French ban Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥ ~ *déh₃n̥s Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom Proto-Italic *dōnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *dōnāō? Latin donāre Old French doner Old French a ban doner Old French abandonerder. Middle English abandounen English abandon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English abandoner From abandon + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈbændənɚ/
- British English: /əˈbændənə/