doubter

/dˈaʊtɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

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noun

One who doubts.

"I have a great deal of sympathy with scientific doubters, and with those who test psychicism up hill and down dale and are not satisfied."
"“Then it's true,” he said quietly. “Everything.” “Ay, thou doubter! Ay thou disbelieving dreg!”"

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *du(i)βwos Latin *dubosdenom. Latin dubō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus 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 Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin dubitō Old French doterbor. Middle English douten ▲ Old French doter Old French doutebor. Middle English doute ▲ English dubiousinflu. ▲ Latin dubitōinflu. English doubt 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 doubter From doubt + -er.

doubters (plural)

no-doubter

no-doubter

outer lauter scouter powter pouter krauter hauter

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How do you pronounce doubter?

The recorded pronunciation is /dˈaʊtɚ/.

What does doubter mean?

One who doubts.

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