despairer

From despair +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspɛːɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspɛɹɚ/
• Hyphenation: des‧pair‧er

despairer (plural despairers)

1. One who despairs.
   • 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 242, page 61:

     He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs.

   • 1855 July 4, Walt Whitman, “[Song of Myself]”, in Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: [James and Andrew Rome], →OCLC, stanza 40, page 45:

     O despairer, here is my neck, / By God! you shall not go down! Hang your whole weight upon me.

   • 1866, Matthew Arnold, Thrysis A Monody:

     Too quick despairer, wherefore wilt thou go?

• reaspired, draperies, rediapers