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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By the time he graduated, in 1987, Mendes had acquired a reputation as the Great Persuader.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 17, 2018
He came to this knowledge not via fancy polling models or sophisticated political science analyses, but just by watching the election unfold through what he calls his “Master Persuader lens.”
From Slate • Sep. 30, 2016
Black bass are good on craw colored jigs, chartreuse Persuader crankbaits, and watermelon soft plastics in coves in 10-15 feet.
From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2016
To achieve a lasting realignment, the Great Communicator must become the Great Persuader.
From Time Magazine Archive
If your bowels weren’t regular, he’d dose you with his own Peristaltic Persuader.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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