aginner

American

[uh-gin-er] / əˈgɪn ər /

noun

Informal.

a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change.

He won the election by appealing to the aginners.

Etymology

Origin of aginner

First recorded in 1940–45; agin + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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He is a cantankerous example of that feisty species, the "aginner," a challenger of whatever is fashionable at the moment, particularly in the Boston-New York-Washington communications axis.

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