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Thwarter

Thwarter \Thwart"er\, n. (Far.) A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.

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thwarter

n. A person or thing that thwarts.

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thwarter

n. someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister]

Usage examples of "thwarter".

Captain Mackenzie Calhoun, thwarter of the Black Mass, nemesis of the Redeemers, he who has returned from the dead and has been worshipped by some as a mes-siah.

Supersleuth, mysterious thwarter of crime, The Shadow was traveling with Ralph Weston and Marinez Corlaza on their way to investigate the affairs of Sigby Rund.

There was a cook shop next to the platform and he ate his breakfast amid a bustle of young Thwarters going to work in the village food fields in a valley lower down.

He paid for his meal with a handful of local coins, then herded his sample cases out of the shop, ignoring the laughter that followed him as the Thwarters noted for the first time the hippity-hoppity progress of the cases on their dozens of short skinny legs and stubby feet.

By noon he'd finished two-thirds of the circuit, had tagged a dozen Thwarters and was near perishing of hunger.