persuader
Americannoun
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a person or thing that persuades.
The cool lake was a most enticing persuader for those who liked to swim.
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Slang.
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(in underworld use) a gun, blackjack, or other weapon.
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something that persuades, as by coercing or threatening.
Sometimes the teacher used a hickory persuader to get our attention.
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Etymology
Origin of persuader
Example Sentences
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Weinberg is a world-class persuader, though, and a majority of the trustees and a surprising number of benefactors and city officials fell in love with Hammons’s ghost pier.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019
In Bannon, Harnwell saw a gifted persuader — somebody he calls a “pioneer” and a “great genius.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2018
More than 60 of them appear in this big, beautiful, passionate show of art that functioned as seismic detector, political persuader and defensive weapon.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2018
Also rescinded was the "persuader rule," which required law firms to publicly disclose any work they do for employers trying to fight against union organization efforts.
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2018
The one thing that a Maven is not is a persuader.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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