respecter

[ ri-spek-ter ]

noun

1. someone or something that is influenced by the social standing, importance, power, or any deterrent put forth by persons or things (used chiefly in negative constructions):

   Death is no respecter of wealth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of respecter¹

First recorded in 1605–15; respect + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Conventional, polite, considerate, and a great respecter of persons in authority was the Chinese sage.

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Mammy Gobo was no respecter of persons, and I was glad to find that she attended on Tom with as much care as she had done on me.

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A democracy is no respecter of persons and can, under its dogma of equality before the law, admit of no exceptions.

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The men feared him, for he was strict and was no respecter of persons; but they loved him too, for he was always just.

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This truth is an integral part of the cosmos, from which there is no appeal; no reprieve; no immunity, no "respecter of persons."

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