respecter

[ ri-spek-ter ]

/ rɪˈspɛk tər /

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noun

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.

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Origin of respecter

First recorded in 1605–15; respect + -er¹

Words nearby respecter

respect, respectability, respectability politics, respectable, respectant, respecter, respectful, respecting, respective, respectively, respell

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How to use respecter in a sentence

Conventional, polite, considerate, and a great respecter of persons in authority was the Chinese sage.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
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.
Hurricane Hurry|W.H.G. Kingston
A democracy is no respecter of persons and can, under its dogma of equality before the law, admit of no exceptions.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin
The men feared him, for he was strict and was no respecter of persons; but they loved him too, for he was always just.
Servants of the Guns|Jeffery E. Jeffery

This truth is an integral part of the cosmos, from which there is no appeal; no reprieve; no immunity, no "respecter of persons."
Sex=The Unknown Quantity|Ali Nomad

British Dictionary definitions for respecter

respecter

/ (rɪˈspɛktə) /

noun

a person who respects someone or something

no respecter of persons a person whose attitude and behaviour is uninfluenced by consideration of another's rank, power, wealth, etc

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