smite
verb (used with object)
to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon.
smiter
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a word derived from
smite.
Example Sentences
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On the Smith side the bank cashier's forebears had been plodding farmers, but old John Montague had been the village blacksmith and a soldier—a shrewd smiter in both trades.
From The Real Man by Francis Lynde
Let us not provoke the smiter, lest he draw his sword against us, and have law and reason on his side.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
They are on a level with jokes about death or one's mother; they recoil and smite the smiter on the nose.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett
I was reared in a rectory, where we were taught to love our enemies, and turn to the smiter the other cheek.
From The Scarlet Feather by Will Grefé
At the risk of all rebuffs, he would express his regret; he would go down and apologise to Mr Sharnall, and offer, if need be, the other cheek to the smiter.
From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
